2007-12-19

Distros

Introduction

I try to keep track of the following OSs.

  • FreeBSD. I see this OS as secure yet not having all the support say Ubuntu has for hardware and certainly none of the flash. Not to mention this is BSD not Linux.
  • CentOS. If you want security in a Linux OS this is the OS for you. Asterisk PBX and such assumes you are installing on this OS for robustness purposes.
  • Ubuntu. This is the Linux OS for the masses. The VolksOS if you will. It has all the script kiddies who have never heard of vi clamoring about Linux. Ubuntu is "cool", very easy and graphical to use, and a great replacement for M$. With the huge following and 6 month release cycle this is the OS to use. Unless you like fixing bugs yourself.
  • Knoppix Traditionally this has been a great CD to pop in a computer that is having problems. You can fix many of problems with Knoppix.

References

  1. http://distrowatch.com/.

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