On Monday 20 Jun 2005 16:54, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Actually it's a 'flavour' of Linux - what comes up on your screen when you
> boot?  It should tell which Linux you're using on your pc.
>
> Gnome and KDE are X Windows desktops - like Windows XP, except you can run
> either one or the other or both (which I do) on one machine. :)  You can
> also run everything from the command line if you so choose, which is not a
> choice available to a Windows user.
>
> Kat
>

'Distro' is short for 'distribution'. Slackware (which you used to have) was a
distribution (distro) of Linux.

Linux is really only the kernel or Operating System, to make the computer do
anything useful you need loads of other bits, so individuals, clubs, or
companies bundle these 'bits' up into a Linux Distribution - and then give it
a really silly name!!

Here's just the first 100!!!

Ubuntu
Mandriva
Fedora
MEPIS
SUSE
Debian
KNOPPIX
Gentoo
Slackware
Damn Small
Xandros
FreeBSD
PCLinuxOS
CentOS
SLAX
KANOTIX
Libranet
Vector
Kubuntu
Arch
Linspire
Red Hat
Yoper
Vidalinux
Puppy
aLinux
Feather
Minislack
Gnoppix
PC-BSD
Ark
GeeXboX
Devil
White Box
IPCop
Vine
Solaris
Turbolinux
Kurumin
ClarkConnect
Frugalware
Yellow Dog
OpenBSD
SME Server
Aurox
LFS
Lormalinux
Scientific
CRUX
Mediainlinux
Buffalo
Zen
Berry
Progeny
PHLAK
YES
SAM
Novell
FreeSBIE
BeatrIX
Morphix
AGNULA
BIG LINUX
Knoppix STD
DragonFly
Foresight
LiveCD Router
FoX Desktop
NetBSD
dyne:bolic
Lineox
Knopperdisk
CCux
AUSTRUMI
Lunar
Conectiva
MoviX
m0n0wall
Trustix
tinysofa
Mandows
GoboLinux
BLAG
SmoothWall
Onebase
QiLinux
redWall
ParallelKnoppix
Tao
Navyn OS
Astaro
ADIOS
Sun JDS
rpath
Linux4all
Overclockix
WHoppix
ASPLinux
INSERT
Symphony

All of them do much the same thing!!

Cheers

Deri