Distribution** 

Version 

Description 

Corel Linux

  OS 

This distribution is based on Debian, and offers an easy 4 step 

Second 

installation process. The desktop is KDE based. The 

Edition 

professional edition includes 30 days installation support and 

some commercial software products. 

Best Linux

 2000 

R3 Developed by SOT Finnish Software Engineering, Ltd. 

Relatively new Linux distribution. Includes manual and games 

CD. Menu based installation. Fully upgradeable since RPM 

based. Recommended for typical home users. 

Slackware

 7.0 

Slackware contains an easy to use installation program, online 

documentation, and a menu driven package system. A full 

installation also includes networking utilities, a mail server, a 

news server, a web server, etc. Slackware Linux is available for 

x86, Alpha and Sparc systems. 

ASPLinux

 * 

ASP Linux is a multinational development company based in 

Singapore. The distributions claims to be 100% compatible to 

Red Hat 7.0. 

LuteLinux

 * 

LuteLinux.com is based in Vancouver, Canada. In addition to 

the distribution, LuteLinux offers training and certification 

services, and management and consulting services. 

Conectiva

 6.0 

Conectiva, Inc. is based in Brazil, and its Linux distribution is 

mainly targeted for the South American market.  

Turbolinux

 6 

Turbolinux, Inc. focuses on integrating the open source Linux 

system with commercial software offerings from established 

industry leaders including IBM, Oracle and Computer 

Associates. Several optimized distributions for enterprise 

application servers and database servers are available. 

LinuxPPC

 2000 

Q4 Linux/PPC is the native port of Linux to the PowerPC 

processor. The Linux PPC project is open source, supported by 

voluntary contributors. 

Table 2: Linux Distributions 

* Not explicitly versioned    ** Based on: Linux distribution page; 

www.linux.com/getlinux

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