At the time of writing, there are three hundred and twenty three distributions being tracked on distrowatch.com.
There's one called Ehad. And another is called Estrella Roja. Many include the letter 'X' in their name, and many feature hand-drawn mascots and disparate communities.
Not all are Linux-based, and not all are actively development, but the overwhelming majority are. This is the world of choice, and it's a world made possible by free and open source software.
Choice is the best thing about Linux. Without choice, we may as well use an operating system where the developers make those choices for us. As we've covered in the past, anyone can create a Linux distribution. If it is different enough, it will survive, but most disappear without a trace.
There is a flip side to all this choice however, and that's finding the time to find the perfect distribution for you. You really need to try several before setting on the one you prefer, and downloading, installing and testing a Linux distribution takes a lot of time.
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greggunner
April 29th
1. Good Article. I didn't realise openSUSE looked so good!
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