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- rodball, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This was posted on Slashdot as well. The graph was made (almost surely) in FreeMind, a Java-based, open source mind mapping software package (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page). If you could get the original file, you might be able to export it into other formats.
- Danathar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Actually it's not accurate in that regaurd.
Because....
Redhat originally was built on Slackware. Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) was built on top of Redhat.
Now both of those distros are nothing like Slack now but Slack was behind them (and SLS before Slack) - gyrfalcon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Is this your own work? If so could you incude a vector based relase of it? Thanks.
- plasticbiker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Nice to see the Linux family tree, gives a great idea where the various builds come from, and why they show certain common quirks.
- gyrfalcon, on 10/12/2007, -10/+13The reason people bitch about Vista having 7 versions is because it's the same damn thing from the same damn company. For example, people who maintain Gentoo, don't often also maintain slackware or SuSe. Compare apples to apples next time.
- Wyzard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No, that's accounted for. Look at the tan dot attached to the Linspire box, and look at the table in the upper-right region of the image.
- Flooq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Linux distros take different approaches depending on things like the typical experience of their user base, whether they're aiming at servers or desktops and what kind of hardware they want their distro to work on.
There are Vista versions which are exactly the same thing with features stripped or added in order to target different price points. - htaccess, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hmm, so sometimes it shows a lineage with lines and sometimes coloured dots wouldnt it be better to either show functionality like gaming distros, enterprise distros with support form a large company, security distros etc. or to show genesis but not both, its confusing.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Much improved on last version :)
- ramsinks.com, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Much better man!
GG
now give us the SLAX.
;) - aaronm67, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The reason Debian is broken down into its different releases is because it has so many derivatives from it, and its derivatives are based on different releases. Gentoo doesn't have nearly as many derivatives, and any that is has will most likely be based off the stable/main release.
- diecastbeatdown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1could use some work. not sure why something like debian is broken out by version/release when others like fedora and gentoo are not. gentoo has about 8 different expiremental releases (vserver, hardened, etc).
otherwise a decent beginning, there is a lot to map out there so congrats on getting that much done. ;) - CuCullin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nope. While Red Hat sponsors Fedora, RHEL is derived from Fedora releases.
- htaccess, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I see he still has Linspire out on its own, its a Debian derivative, just like xandros, thats why they're a member of the dcc right?
Basic mistake, need version 3 - cillian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@templest:
Personally, i'd put Red Hat before Fedora, but I suppose if code developed for fedora goes back into red hat....?
And, Suse/Opensuse (same point/argument) - benplaut, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this needs to be a 3d interactive sort of thing... there are just too many connections in various distros
- pgm_01, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Berry Linux is Knoppix and Fedora Core.
- wolfger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mepis is a Debian derivative, not Ubuntu derivative (yet). Nice idea. Wish it was more accurate/complete.
- bytefoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, it's not.
http://www.mepis.org/node/9454 - templest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Uh... Wouldn't "Red Hat" go before "Fedora"?
- ArchonMagnus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@bytefoo
I believe the OP was referring to the release version. Ubuntu based MEPIS is still in testing. - kp73, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1never mind, found FreeMind.
- buddyfarr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Nice work but the mindmap program reminds me of using it at my last job and specifically my last boss who was a paperwork and forms nazi. we wasted more time filling out paperwork then doing any actual work. I do believe in documenting procedures but filling out 4 or 5 forms just to get an email distribution group created or a password reset was rediculous. we installed a helpdesk system that was awesome to track all requests. it could email the users with updates and send us warnings when things might go past due. it was great....until the boss turned it off because he wanted to go back to a paper system...
but I digress now that I am not there anymore and the users who loved me tell me how the database is crashing every day and that it takes 2-4 weeks to get any requests done. if you dig your own hole you will lay down in it someday... - sembetu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Excellent resource.
- myfanwy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmm, better but still a way off. if you're going to break down linux by distro/which distro it's based on, you need to be consistent. grouping a slew of them under 'small distributions' and 'security related distributions' etc. is not consistent at all e.g. dsl is based on debian, making it a subset of that distro.
what you've done is analogous with creating a mind map of 'road vehicles' and including subsets like 'station-wagon', 'saloon', 'pickup' and then grouping other vehicles, in the same mind map, by 'colour' instead, which isn't consistent. i realise you've added the coloured dots to show the distro they're based on, but still
of course, there's nothing to stop you then creating a further, linked mind map which shows each distro according to it's usage e.g. 'desktop', 'server', etc. - Flooq, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe it's separate it's considered to have diverged too much to be considered a derivative anymore but isn't Mandriva based on Redhat?
- qook, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Nice work! Has anyone encountered a mind map for the different subjects in math and their relations?
- aforonda, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Mindmanagers mindmap product is amazing i've been using it for a couple years now, highly recommended and there is a Mac version coming soon.
http://www.mindmanager.com - glowb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Does it include all?
Mandrake, Trustix etc - Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1That's not a mind map.
- kp73, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Looks like that was created with the Windows only MindManager by Mindjet, or is there an alternative Linux product that can produce nice looking maps like that?
- n8k99, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3especially since Apple just keeps moving forward with one OS!
- furtwan1, on 10/12/2007, -18/+6my god thats a lot of distro's...
and to think people bitch about Vista having 7 versions
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