I use this chart when teaching Linux. I think it does a great job of showing Linux's "bazaar" vs. Windows' "cathedral".
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When I was first hearing about linux, it was via Knoppix. Seems like a past life now, so long ago.
Knoppix saved so many Windows systems …
I always forget chromeos is based on gentoo.
I mean, at this point it's probably got a much Gentoo left in it as Steam OS has Arch.
If you enjoyed that you should check out https://www.levenez.com/unix/
I did enjoy that, but look what you've done to my productivity.
Whoa, BSD predates V7? I had no idea.
I've been meaning to set up an 11 running 2BSD...
The real hero here is the 75 line shell script, generating the very cool SVG image from a CSV file.
Yggdrasil, Mandrake, Slackware (on floppy!) that takes me back...
failed to install Debian Woody and SUSE in early naughts – finally succeeded with a Stage 1 Gentoo install (yay for me?) – a long sabbatical from Linux, back into the groove with Pop!_OS for a while, and recently replaced with Debian stable (successfully this time ;p ) – getting old enough that “bleeding edge” doesn’t hold any appeal any more, “boring” is far more interesting
Debian stable with some stuff installed in containers and some as flatpak is a sleeper. It may just be the best most Rick solid combination out there.
Linux Mint
I cut my teeth on Mandrake 7.0.
There are many names on that list that I have tried over the years, but use Debian and openSUSE normally
My first flavour was Red Hat back in the late 90s. It's a shame I didn't give it more of a go back then. Then Mint for a couple of years in the earlyish 2010s before finally settling on Arch where I've been for almost a decade now.
Pssht they don't even have AmogOS
A parody OS inspired by Among Us ඞ
Oh, I see. Yes, serious omission
I can't believe they'd miss such a cornerstone of Linux history
also missing UwUntu …
I know I'm not supposed to post comments like this, but:
hahahahahaha
I just noticed Christian Edition and Muslim edition, and was puzzled...this is the best article I could find on them. I think its interesting that religious distros keep showing up, rather than just religious packages being available on package managers.
@perishthethought it is all slackware or Debian, it always has been...
Yah, and Red Hat. Stop pointing that thing at me.