V.T. Eric Layton Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 To quote Old Lodge Skins from the novel Little Big Man, "It made my heart soar like an eagle."....that's how I felt when I opened the link to the Linux Distribution Timeline... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedon James Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Awesome link! Educational just to look at...added bonus...you can click through each distro and learn more! (found it by accident! or did y'all know and were just waiting for me to find out for myself) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolphil Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 That is like looking back in time..It reminds me that my first Linux was Caldera. I remember being on dialup and calling my son in law in New Jersey from Florida.It was my first adventure in VOIP. I would talk then listen,and he would talk, several seconds delay at half duplex. My how things and time march on. Anyway Eric, this is a great website..Thank you for the ride. jolphil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReleaseRoderick Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I was quite impressed too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 19, 2016 Author Share Posted December 19, 2016 I was looking at the above distro family tree again just now and I wondered to myself, "If Slackware were gone tomorrow, what distribution would I move to as my main OS?" After some thought... First choice - CentOS Second choice - Debian Third choice - OpenSUSE My reasoning? Well, while there are quite a few viable Slackware derivatives out there like Salix, Zenwalk, and Vector, I wonder if they would live beyond Slackware. Their repos and much of their infrastructure are directly from Slackware's stable line. If Slack were gone, these distros may find themselves drifting rudderless. As for my choices of replacements... Well, I've always liked RedHat, but I'm not going to pay for it just to get support that I won't need, so CentOS is the closest thing you can get to RedHat without paying. I've had it on my systems numerous times in the past decade or so. It's SUPER stable, robust, well-maintained... using direct support from RedHat's stable line. Debian? Well, I'm not a big fan of systemd, as most of you know. However, I'd deal with that when it came to running Debian. The Apt package manager is probably the finest package manager in any distribution of Linux. Debian is also EXTREMELY stable in all its iterations, even Sid (the testing branch). You can't go wrong with Debian. OpenSUSE is a progeny of Slackware. Even though it uses RedHat style RPM packaging, it's always been a stable, dependable, and good-looking distro. It's ancestry shows through. Oh, and I didn't mention it, but there's always Arch. I ran Arch for quite a few years as my secondary operating system back when I ran multiple OSes on my systems. It is a stupendous, fabulously maintained and supported distribution. I only have a couple qualms that prevent me from utilizing it in the above scenario: I don't care for systemd and I don't like rolling-release distros. The rolling release thing being the more serious hindrance to my usage. One of the reasons I stopped using Arch back then is that an update totally flubbed my installation. I don't remember the details right now, but it SO reminded me of MS Windows Service Packs. Anywho, don't let that steer you away from Arch, though. It's come a long way. It's one of the top 10 distros in existence, in my opinion. There are, of course, hundreds of distros out there for the choosing. I've tried MANY of them. Some were awesome, some were OK, a few just plain sucked. That's how it goes with anything in life. Choice of operating systems is almost as subjective as choice of books or musical tastes. So, if your current main OS disappeared tomorrow, what would your alternative choices be? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa4chq Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) My current main OS disappears quite often Good question..... well, I do like Archbang as an alternate just because its already on my laptop, and I'm sorta OK working with it, but if I had plenty of time and patience and a few live distros kicking about, I'd like to try LFS. That being said, I really hope Slack sticks around. I just found this, so this might satisfy the urge to "roll my own" so to speak. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Archiso Edited December 20, 2016 by wa4chq 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrke Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 So, if your current main OS disappeared tomorrow, what would your alternative choices be? I don't even want to think about it. OpenSuSE is the only distro I've ever installed--been with it for about 12 years now. I spent about 3 months trying to decide which distro to go with--almost gave me a nervous breakdown back in the day. I started with SuSE and stuck with it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 So, if your current main OS disappeared tomorrow, what would your alternative choices be? Well that is the thing about open source, someone will always take up the reigns or fork it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 That being said, I really hope Slack sticks around. Me TOO! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Debian? Well, I'm not a big fan of systemd, as most of you know.You may like Devuan. Debian sans systemd. https://devuan.org/MX-15 also doesn't use systemd. It's my daily driver atm. Not sure if MX-16 is the same. I don't care whether a distro has systemd or not, having used siduction for years. systemd has some great features. So, if your current main OS disappeared tomorrow, what would your alternative choices be? Haven't thought about that. I don't think Debian is going anywhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 systemd has some great features. Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 So, you chickens danced around the question just like a veteran politician. ASSUMING that your current main OS takes a poop and is forever gone, never to be forked, etc., what OS would you choose at that point? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Windows ME or Debian Unstable, I haven't decided 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'd go with Win ME, if I was you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I'd go with Win ME, if I was you. Yeah, that is what I was leaning towards... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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