On 2/28/07, Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just browsing Wikipedia to give some ideas about > all Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clones (to put ourselves > in a context..) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedHat_Enterprise_Linux_clones > > lists the following, comments in [] are mine: > > * CentOS > * Scientific Linux > * StartCom Linux [ looks a specialized multimedia > distro to me ] > * White Box Enterprise Linux [ looks dead, > the single developer joined CentOS it seems ] Actually the main developer does his own thing still. He is not really interested in having it a 'public' distribution but more a distro for his workplace (If I understand the former WBEL people correctly) > * XOS [ ?? ] > * GENtOS [ first time I see this one .. strict RH > compatibility does not seem to be a main goal ] > * YOUrOS [first time I see this one too, same comment > as above ] > * GnYOUlinux [ does this really exist ? web site really > a copy-cat of above ] > * Oracle Unbreakable Linux [ no comments, lame Oracle > attempt at Red Hat buy-out or sthg .. ] > There are a couple of others that are rebuilds of Centos that ISPs remove a lot of stuff and add in webmin or other tools for their 'clients' to use. > The following clones have ceased production: > > * TaoLinux [ effectively merged into CentOS ] > > ... so if we would join efforts with CentOS .. it could > be really profitable to the whole community .. I believe ... > > > Jarek > > __ > ------------------------------------------------------- > _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___________________ CERN - IT/FIO/LA _ > _ http://home.cern.ch/~jpolok ___ tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ > _____________________________________ +41_78_792_0795 _ > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"