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 

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