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Very cool. Its a smaller world than it seems when you look at the available distributions now. They all fork off of much larger and more seasoned projects. Its all about choice.
most early distributions began as either a slackware derivative or just yet another collection of tarballs. it wasn't until RedHat developed the RPM (RedHat Package Manager) and Debian introduced its dpkg maintenance system that any real differentiation began.(Gentoo, for example, wasn't so much derived from anything other than LFS - it began just as a collection of BASH scripts, and evolved into a collection of Python and BASH scripts - with a lot of very large and fast mirrors.)
Perhaps because it is so different from the standard GNU OS it wasn't included? I don't think there are any filesystem structure requirements for calling something a GNU OS as long as it uses it's programs, but who knows.Anyways, only bringing it up as a possible reason because the image specifficaly says GNU/Linux, not just OSes that use the Linux kernel.Oh, and thanks for bringing GoboLinux up, I have never heard of it before and it looks really interesting. I use Gentoo myself but I'll take a good look at it and see if it is worth switching. The filesystem looks interesting, keeping the benefits of a normal Linux filesystem but rearranging it all to make it more user friendly.
@greyfadeYours is the best comment in this thread by far. As a linux user since late 93/early 94 I too see the inherit flaws in this charts... BTW: You know you've been using linux a long time when you remember when math coproc emulation was a big deal in that it allowed linux to finally run on those other 3-4 computers stacked up in the corner... For the record I started with Slackware and went Redhat -> Suse -> Ubuntu -> Suse -> gentoo -> ubuntu -> gentoo... And there was a liberal smattering of Solaris, Dos, Windows, MacOS, and OSX in there for good measure.
Pull your head out of your backside.3 of those 4 stories are over 100 days old. If it's still relevant enough that people want to digg it, it's still news (that it made front page this time proves it), OK?Anything that's been "upcoming" for more than 12-24 hours loses its chances of making front page, so submitting a similar story after 13 days doesn't really justify calling it a duplicate.
Yes, I was looking at the chart in hopes of finding out what the source tree is for the Qtopia I have on my Zaurus. I never did know the answer to that. Really, I just want to know so I can figure out what I can replace it with.
I look at this as a roadmap to why no one will ever use Linux. I wish that people would spend less time making their own distros, and join forces to make a few distros better. Even the much vaunted Ubuntu doesn't work on my very generic HP laptop without a massive amount of labor (and then the wireless still doesn't work).
bllambertDec 18, 2006
Very cool. Its a smaller world than it seems when you look at the available distributions now. They all fork off of much larger and more seasoned projects. Its all about choice.
greyfadeDec 18, 2006
most early distributions began as either a slackware derivative or just yet another collection of tarballs. it wasn't until RedHat developed the RPM (RedHat Package Manager) and Debian introduced its dpkg maintenance system that any real differentiation began.(Gentoo, for example, wasn't so much derived from anything other than LFS - it began just as a collection of BASH scripts, and evolved into a collection of Python and BASH scripts - with a lot of very large and fast mirrors.)
automanDec 18, 2006
Feanor,My wife agrees with you. We would hang that poster in our home
derekjwDec 18, 2006
Perhaps because it is so different from the standard GNU OS it wasn't included? I don't think there are any filesystem structure requirements for calling something a GNU OS as long as it uses it's programs, but who knows.Anyways, only bringing it up as a possible reason because the image specifficaly says GNU/Linux, not just OSes that use the Linux kernel.Oh, and thanks for bringing GoboLinux up, I have never heard of it before and it looks really interesting. I use Gentoo myself but I'll take a good look at it and see if it is worth switching. The filesystem looks interesting, keeping the benefits of a normal Linux filesystem but rearranging it all to make it more user friendly.
dfndoeDec 18, 2006
@greyfadeYours is the best comment in this thread by far. As a linux user since late 93/early 94 I too see the inherit flaws in this charts... BTW: You know you've been using linux a long time when you remember when math coproc emulation was a big deal in that it allowed linux to finally run on those other 3-4 computers stacked up in the corner... For the record I started with Slackware and went Redhat -> Suse -> Ubuntu -> Suse -> gentoo -> ubuntu -> gentoo... And there was a liberal smattering of Solaris, Dos, Windows, MacOS, and OSX in there for good measure.
cheesenessDec 18, 2006
Pull your head out of your backside.3 of those 4 stories are over 100 days old. If it's still relevant enough that people want to digg it, it's still news (that it made front page this time proves it), OK?Anything that's been "upcoming" for more than 12-24 hours loses its chances of making front page, so submitting a similar story after 13 days doesn't really justify calling it a duplicate.
raynevandunemDec 18, 2006
Glad that I could be of assistance.<a class="user" href="http://www.gobolinux.org">http://www.gobolinux.org</a>And not a moment too soon. They just released 013 last month.Oh, and if you're looking for a Portage equivalent, Gobo has "Compile".It was covered on Slashdot a few years back.<a class="user" href="http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/05/1949213">http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/06/05/1949213</a>
computer_kidDec 18, 2006
I would love to have a poster of this!
sembetuDec 19, 2006
Yes, I was looking at the chart in hopes of finding out what the source tree is for the Qtopia I have on my Zaurus. I never did know the answer to that. Really, I just want to know so I can figure out what I can replace it with.
mikecermDec 20, 2006
I look at this as a roadmap to why no one will ever use Linux. I wish that people would spend less time making their own distros, and join forces to make a few distros better. Even the much vaunted Ubuntu doesn't work on my very generic HP laptop without a massive amount of labor (and then the wireless still doesn't work).
anagamiNov 25, 2007
the URL is dead