Soep KiP wrote:

> hmmz i thought linux distro's were kinda equ.
> learn the way linux is build up and you'l know that the source is the
> same ,
> only the scripts from the distrib is diff. but hell i'm just a noob and
> it's
> my first post :D
> don't be to hard on me :DDD

You are very perceptive.  And correct.

Some commercial Linux distributions tend to have some proprietary
software included, and much of that software that differentiates them
from the others is the installation software.  Once the installation is
complete, the only other major difference between distributions is your
choice of software package management tools.

The installation is usually where new people trying Linux get
disappointed, so distributions that autodetect hardware correctly and
bring up a "fully working" system right from the the installation have a
definite "advantage" over others when recommending a Linux distribution
a new person to Linux should try.

For the ultimate in "build it from the ground up", Gentoo Linux
(http://www.gentoo.org), which builds itself from the raw source code,
has become wildly popular with the professional Linux/Unix crowd.

There's also LFS (Linux From Scratch) documentation which is very good
for anyone with multiple weeks of time on their hands and nothing better
to do...  http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

A friend of mine who is a Unix/Linux security expert jokingly called
Gentoo Linux, "Linux for the Laid Off" after he spent multiple days
setting it up.  But... as he pointed out, EVERYTHING on his machine was
built from source with the exact switch options and settings HE wanted
after that.  Pretty neat.

Nate

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