HOW TO SELECT...

To select a distribution, you have to understand the purpose of use or the policy at which the distribution aims at. Here, I will show you the differences of the distributions I found after using them.

RedHat Linux

　 Practically all of the Linux of RedHat series are based on this distribution, so the introduction of a new kernel is earlier than in other distributions. However, it might have more trouble in the first version (version *.0) than other distributions of the RedHat series.
　For neophilia, I recommend version *.1 or later.

Turbo Linux

　It is moderately good for use in companies. There are various types, such as for servers in Turbo Linux.

LASER5 Linux

　 This distribution allows for the easy use of Japanese, developed on the basis of RedHat Linux. (Note that RedHat can be used in Japanese as well.)
　Most of the software for RedHat Linux can be used.

Kondara MNU/Linux

　 Based on RedHat Linux, this distribution has introduced new useful software. Therefore, it has different parts from other distributions of RedHat series.
　For anyone liking novelties.

Vine Linux

　 A Distribution with emphasis on the stability and enhancement of Japanese environments, Based on RedHat Linux. There are fewer version upgrades than other distributions of RedHat series.
For anyone wanting to use Japanese in plenty.

Slackware

The oldest distribution of Linux. Considerable knowledge is required for package management. It is also necessary to personally set up the Japanese environment.
For professionals or anyone wanting to understand the system "with a will".

Plamo Linux

　 Distribution which supports Japanese, based on Slackware.
　 Although it supports Japanese, considerable knowledge is required, as in the case of Slackware.

Debian GNU/Linux

Distribution with enhanced package management. It was developed mainly by users.
For anyone wanting to engage in the development of distribution (I suppose).

　As shown above, there is a great variety of distributions. Since their software can be installed and deleted individually after installation, it is possible to make similar environments whichever you select.
　If you want to try using Linux for the first time, I would recommend RedHat Linux or the highly compatible LASER5 Linux, from the viewpoints of the easy installation, large collections of information and the handling of bugs and security holes. 

CREATED BY : THEVARANI A/P SHANMUGHAM (THEVA)

Types of distribution

　 A number of application software programs as well as the kernel is needed to run as an OS, but software applications necessary depend on the specific purpose of use or policy. This is the difference of distributions, so there are many distributions.
　The biggest difference is the management method of a package (software) shown as follows:

RedHat series

　The package management is by rpm. It is easy to install, upgrade and so on.
　The main distributions are the following:

·         RedHat Linux

·         Turbo Linux

·         LASER5 Linux

·         Kondara MNU/Linux

·         Vine Linux

　There are more distributions than other series of Linux.

Slackware series

　 Since it has no management tool, users manage all. It requires considerable knowledge, but it has a high degree of flexibility, so it is popular among the users understanding the system.
　The main distributions are the following:

·         Slackware

·         Plamo Linux

Debian series

　 The package management is by deb. It is more powerful than that by rpm and closely manages even the dependency relation among the software.
　The main distribution is the following:

·         Debian GNU/Linux 

CREATED BY : THEVARANI A/P SHANMUGHAM (THEVA)

LIST OF OS...

For interested persons is this list, in order to specify as much as possible operating systems already existing. Who would like to know whether the operating system with the name xyz really exists or has existed, this is a excellent source to start. Commercial, free, open source and operating systems developed at universities as well as their derivatives are included. It does not take place a distinction after the level of development, application purpose, distribution or hardware platform. Operating systems with only different version numbers are considered only if they are technically clearly different to each other.

This list offers hundreds of operating system product and project names, many of them are based on the same operating system more or less with more or less differences in the source code. The most operating systems can be traced to few development lines and derive from a small amount of system software. This applies especially to Linux distributions with a low number of main distributions. Further projects which largely use the same code base have forged to new distributions. Depending of this there forged smaller projects with differences in the composition of the applications or source code. Other operating system families are Windows and Unix. 

CREATED BY : THEVARANI A/P SHANMUGHAM (THEVA)

HISTORY (CONT...)

On 14 March 1994, Linux 1.0.0 was released, with 176,250 lines of code. In March 1995, Linux 1.2.0 was released (310,950 lines of code).

Version 2 of Linux, released on 9 June 1996, was followed by additional major versions under the version 2 header:

• 25 January 1999 - Linux 2.2.0 was released (1,800,847 lines of code).
• 18 December 1999 - IBM mainframe patches for 2.2.13 were published, allowing Linux to be used on enterprise-class machines.
• 4 January 2001 - Linux 2.4.0 was released (3,377,902 lines of code).
• 17 December 2003 - Linux 2.6.0 was released (5,929,913 lines of code).
• 27 December 2011- Linux 3.2 in use (11,430,712 lines of code)

 CREATED BY : THEVARANI A/P SHANMUGHAM (THEVA)