Distributions
Mike Coleman
mkc at mathdogs.com
Sat Mar 31 05:13:49 CST 2001
Jonathan <hutchins at opus1.com> writes:
> RedHat: NOT the original distribution, but probably the first commercial
> distribution.
There's various ways to define commercial, but I think SLS, which I'm pretty
sure was earlier than RedHat, was sold on floppies to a limited degree.
> Uses RedHat Package Manager (RPM) to provide "dependency checking" and avoid
> compiling everything from source.
Do RPMs include dependency information now? I heard they were going to for a
long time, but I never quite noticed whether it's happened.
> DebIan: Named after Deborah and Ian somebody, who put it together in their
> kitchen. Ian is now making a ridiculous amount of money evolving the
> Corporate distribution.
He works for Progeny on Debian, but I hadn't heard that he was making major
bucks.
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