Ubuntu is a set of Linux operating system software with the Linux OS that is distributed over the web. Is there any other set of Linux operating system software that is distributed over the web? Red Hat does provide Linux for download but it provides only the OS, I think.
2007-10-13 02:29:43 · 3 answers · asked by Street Smart 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Ubuntu, Red Hat and most other distros are complete, and often quite large downloads. There are some specialty distros that are smaller.
www.distrowatch.org lists 360+ distros. Check them out. Basically any of the main stream distros will be just as complete and can load pretty much the same software sets - with some (usually only) minor differences, if any.
If you get a distro DVD, you will get much more software than you would get with a Windoze installation. CDs because of size limitations don't have that quantity, but they should have links in the software to download as much as you would like once the program is set up and running.
2007-10-13 03:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by Sp II Guzzi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First thing, you seem to be very confused about what is linux.
Linux is a kernel (a kernel being the heart of the Operating System).
The operating system based on Linux ought to be addressed as GNU/Linux though it is conveniently called Linux.
The second thing being that most distros have the same kernel running ie Linux and they only differ in a few packages that are dictated by their philosophy. So choose a distro of your choice from Distrowatch and keep rolling.
2007-10-13 23:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by thejaswi_p_23 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Red Hat is pretty much just as complete as Ubuntu is - they both carry lots and lots of programs around.
There's zillions of other distros as well, the most complete/current list is probably the guys at Distrowatch:
http://www.distrowatch.com
2007-10-13 02:33:37 · answer #3 · answered by Valdis K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋