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Choosing a Linux distribution - Linux Tutorial
From the course: Introduction to Linux
Choosing a Linux distribution
- [Instructor] We've spent some time looking at a few major components that determine how a Linux system operates. And now it's time to take a moment to explore what Linux distributions are more deeply. Distributions, or distros, are kind of like different flavors of a Linux operating system. Take ice cream, for example. There are all kinds of different flavors out there, but all flavors share one very important thing in common. They're all ice cream. But some have nuts, some have gooey chocolate fudge, and some have a sweet fruit topping. We can think of Linux distributions like this, too. While distributions differ in important ways, they all share the fact that they include a Linux kernel. As with our ice cream example, they also have differences that make them unique. Distributions differ from each other in the tools they package together, and the series of decisions made by the distro maintainers about how the operating system will operate. Different distributions also use…
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