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+ | ===== About Distros ===== | ||
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+ | Linux distributions are more or less complete systems of the kernel, drivers, utilities and applications that users may choose to install on their computers. There are often separate streams for different hardware (e.g., Macintosh, Intel 386 family, etc.) and for different major versions of the kernel. | ||
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+ | There are many specialized distributions, | ||
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+ | * A number of distros employ programs that are packaged with the Red Hat Package Manager. These are stored as files of type .rpm. The Red Hat and SuSE families of Linux use such an approach. | ||
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+ | * An arguably more sophisticated package management system is at the center of the Debian family of distros, which includes the very popular Ubuntu Linuxes as well as the very useful liveCD system Knoppix. The Debian packages are of type .deb. There is even a package called ' | ||
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+ | * For the purists, packages should be in source code form, archived and compressed using the ' | ||
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