Various linux distributions

Distro Linux (abbreviation of Linux distributions) is the name for computer operating systems and applications, is a family of Unix that uses the Linux kernel. Linux distributions can include free software and can also be commercial software.



DEBIAN
Debian is a kernel-based operating system Linux. Debian is one of the Linux operating system that is free to use by using GNU.Debian license GNU / Linux is a non-commercial distribution produced by volunteers from around the world working together via the Internet. These distributions want a spirit of open-source that must remain on Debian. Dynamics of this distribution makes each release packets to be updated every time and can be accessed via apt-get utility. Apt-get is a command-line utility that can be used to dynamically upgrade the system Debian GNU / Linux through the network repository apt-wide Debian archive. Debian mailing lists and forums are always full of good messages about bugs, problems, sharing, etc.. With this communication system bugs and security issues in each package can be reported by Debian users and developers quickly. Debian is a 'kernel independent', ie the Debian operating system was developed based on the pure operating system that has ada.Keuntungan of Debian is upgradability, the dependence between well-defined package, and development in the open.

RedHat
Red Hat is a fairly popular distro among Linux developers and companies. Support, technical support, training, certification, application development, and the inclusion of the kernel hackers and free-software such as Alan Cox, Michael Johnson, Stephen Tweedie makes Red Hat is growing fast and is used in the company. Greatest points of this distribution is Red Hat Package Manager (RPM). RPM is a software to manage packages on our Linux systems and is considered the de-facto standard in the packaging of its derivative distros and that support was widely distributions.

UBUNTU
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian and have a desktop interface. The Ubuntu project is sponsored by Canonical Ltd (owned by the company Mark Shuttleworth). The name Ubuntu is taken from the name of a concept of ideology in South Africa. "Ubuntu" comes from the ancient language of Africa, which means "taste perikemanusian against fellow human beings". Ubuntu also means "I'm me because of the existence of us all". The purpose of the Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit is embodied in Ubuntu to the software world.
Ubuntu is a complete operating system based on Linux, is freely available and has good support from community and professional experts. Ubuntu itself was developed by the Ubuntu community volunteers and we invite you to participate to develop Ubuntu!
The Ubuntu community is formed based on the ideas contained in the philosophy of Ubuntu:
• that software should be available free of charge
• that the application software must be used in the local language of each and for the people who have physical limitations, and
• that users should have the freedom to modify the software in accordance with what they need.
About freedom is what makes Ubuntu different from proprietary software (proprietary); not only the equipment you need available free of charge, but you also have the right to modify your software until the software works the way you want.
The following is a public commitment to the Ubuntu team to its users:
• Ubuntu will always be free of charge, therefore there will be no additional costs for the "enterprise edition", we will make all the best jobs Ubuntu is available for all people with the same Free terms.
• Ubuntu also provide commercial support from hundreds of companies around the world. Ubuntu is released regularly and can you predict; latest Ubuntu release available every six months. Each release will be supported by Ubuntu with improvements in security and other improvements are free for at least 18 months.
• Ubuntu will include translations and accessibility infrastructure that is owned by Best Free Software community, it is useful to make Ubuntu can be used by many people. We are also working together with the whole community [Free Software] in terms of bug fixes and code sharing.
• Ubuntu fully committed to the principles of free software development; for this we encourage people to use free software and open source, then fix it and then pass it back.
Ubuntu suitable for both desktop and server. Ubuntu currently supports a variety of computer architectures such as PC (Intel x86), 64-byte PC (AMD64), PowerPC (Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5), and Sun UltraSPARC T1 (Sun Fire T1000 and T2000). Ubuntu includes more than 16,000 pieces of software, and for desktop installations can be performed using only a single CD. Ubuntu includes all standard for desktop applications ranging from word processing, spread sheet application (spreadsheet) to the application to access the Internet, software for web servers, equipment for programming languages and of course a variety of games. (taken from www.ubuntu-id.com)

Fedora
Fedora (previously called Fedora Core, sometimes referred to as the Fedora Linux) is an RPM-based Linux distribution and yum developed by the Fedora Project is supported by a community of programmers and sponsored by Red Hat. The name comes from the character Fedora fedora used in Red Hat logo. In the release 1 to 6 of this distribution called Fedora Core, which later became the release to the Fedora-7.

Xandros
Xandros Linux is a Linux distribution based on KDE system. It looks very similar to Microsoft Windows, so if the operation is very easy and comfortable. However, Xandros has a better integration with Windows networks, capable of running OfficeXP applications, capable meresize NTFS partitions during installation, etc.. Xandros is not free but it is a commercial product.
Briefly Xandros offers the following advantages:
~ Five steps graphical installation is easy
~ Management integrated partition
~ Display the familiar
~ Application quality of the engineers Xandros
* Compatibility with Microsoft file formats