[in the news] A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions

[Ankur Sinha]

On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 17:57 -0400, Kara Schiltz wrote:
> PC World
> 9.2.10
> 
> A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions
> By Katherine Noyes
> 
> [clip]
> 
> 
>     *2. Fedora*
> 
> Fedora is the free version of Red Hat, whose RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise 
> Linux 
> <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/192929/red_hat_focuses_new_rhel_55_on_multicore.html>) 
> has been a commercial product since 2003. Because of that close 
> connection, Fedora is particularly strong on enterprise features, and it 
> often offers them before RHEL does.
> 
> Fedora also offers a six-month release schedule, and its security 
> features 
> <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/202452/why_linux_is_more_secure_than_windows.html> 
> are excellent. While some have viewed it as a cutting-edge distro for 
> the Linux "hobbyist," I think improvements over the years and widespread 
> popularity have combined to make it a good choice for newer Linux users 
> as well.
> 
> 
> Full article:
> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/204767/a_guide_to_todays_top_10_linux_distributions.html?tk=hp_new
> 
> 
> 

On #1 Ubuntu, they say:

..
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" Founded by South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical--the
company behind Ubuntu--for many years shipped Ubuntu CDs to interested
users for free, thus speeding its market penetration."
......
..


/me wonders what we can do to speed market penetration (OTHER than ship
free CDs)

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Ankur 

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