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11 unusual facts about Linux distribution


Carlos Morimoto

Carlos Eduardo Morimoto is the author of Kurumin, a Linux distribution based on Knoppix.

Danger from the Deep

The game is Multi-platform, meaning that any user can play it on a machine running FreeBSD, a recent version of Mac OS X, a GNU/Linux distribution, or a supported version of Microsoft Windows, along with 256 MB of RAM and a processor with 1 GHz of speed.

Distro

Linux distribution, a specific vendor's package of the GNU/Linux operating system

GEDA

Besides building the programs from source, binary executables for all programs in the gEDA Suite are available from popular package archives; the programs may be installed on many common Linux distributions using package management tools such as apt-get and yum.

Gnome-screensaver

On some GNOME-based Linux distributions, it is used instead of the framework that is a part of XScreenSaver.

Hacienda Guachalá

Cristóbal Bonifaz, founder member of the Charles Darwin Foundation, Diego Bonifaz, a former Mayor of Cayambe during 2000-2011 period, and Rafael Bonifaz, former Elastix distro community manager.

Itautec

Software: Point of sale, Credit card processing, an in-house Linux distribution called Librix, Terminal management, Digital signatures, and Banking Correspondence, among others.

Mandriva

Mandriva, S.A. is the developer and maintainer of a Linux distribution called Mandriva Linux, as well as various enterprise software products.

NetZero

NetZero previously offered a Linux version of the NetZero software advertised as being for Linspire, however the software could be installed on any Debian-based i386 or x86-64 Linux distribution; NetZero can also be installed on any RPM-based Linux distribution as long as Alien is used to convert the NetZero Debian package into an RPM package.

VIA C7

The C7 appears still to be found in the marketplace, for example, on the bargain-priced Everex TC2502, sold by Wal-Mart with a Linux distribution preinstalled and on the HP Mini-Note.

XBill

Despite its status, it is not always packaged with Linux distributions due to its "disparaging" content.


GetDeb

While utilities such as the GNU build system typically allow users to install or uninstall software after building it from source code, they do not integrate with any one Linux distribution, nor do they solve dependencies or handle updates.

Yocto Project

The Yocto Project is a Linux Foundation workgroup whose goal is to produce tools and processes that will enable the creation of Linux distributions for embedded software that are independent of the underlying architecture of the embedded software itself.