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Choosing a Linux distribution

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Choosing a Linux distribution

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- [Presenter] When the Linux kernel is combined with supporting drivers, tools and applications and packaged in a distributable format it's called a distribution. There are many different distributions available. You can peruse distrowatch.com to see a long list. There are distributions designed for stability like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, they're distributions designed for multimedia production, games, education or even security. Most distribution that looks similar and run the same software with differences being how the system is configured as well as how it installs software. To save development time, most distributions are based on other distributions of Linux namely, Arch, Red Hat, Slackware, Debian and Linux. This distribution timeline only includes a small number of distributions that we'll discuss in this video. If this graphic were complete, it would include about 1,000 distributions that existed over the last 30…

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