The main linux distributions as shown below:
Redhat family include:
** - Redhat Enterprise Linux: ** Red Hat Enterprise (RHEL), fee-based version
** - CentOS: ** RHEL clone version of the community, free of charge.
** - Fedora Core: ** from the original desktop version of Redhat evolved, maintained by the community, about 6 months to release a version, many new features of the new features, relatively poor stability, suitable for a development environment \ Desktop.
Redhat is the largest Linux version of the domestic use of the crowd, and even some people will equate to Redhat Linux, Redhat series of package management is based on the use of YUM package management RPM packages, package distribution methods are compiled binary files. Stability RHEL and CentOS stability is very good, suitable for use in servers, but poor Fedora Core stability is best used only for desktop applications.
Debian family include:
** - Debian: ** is by far the GNU standard Linux system, maintained entirely by the community, not commercial version. Debian server and desktop fields have a wide range of applications, the most characteristic is apt-get / dpkg package management.
** - Ubuntu: ** is based on the unstable version of Debian to strengthen come, Ubuntu is a Debian has a near-perfect all the advantages, and strengthen their own advantages Linux desktop system. Depending on the choice of desktop systems, there are three versions to choose from, based on the Gnome -Ubuntu, KDE-based Kubuntu and based Xfc of Xubuntu. Characterized by a very friendly interface, easy to use, the hardware support is very comprehensive, it is the most suitable for desktop Linux distributions.
Mint linux: based on Ubuntu derivative, focus on the individual user's desktop, the user experience is very friendly.
SlackWare family include:
-SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: Enterprise (SLES)
** - OpenSuse: ** Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), and the relationship between openSUSE similar relationship Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and CentOS's. SUSE interface is very gorgeous, and package management are redhat rpm
The difference between major releases:
Release | installation package format | front-end manager
Debian | deb | apt-get
RedHat | rpm | yum
SUSE | rpm | zypper
Releases and kernel version link
linux kernel and system is independent, there is a dedicated core team of maintenance upgrades (www.kernel.org), linux distributions are the manufacturers and community organizations to use linux kernel, on top of the organization to make its software available operating system architecture issued
