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A Mind Map of Linux Distributions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pics-for-your-cube dept.

Howard writes "All about Linux has posted a Mind Map of GNU/Linux distributions. This map of GNU/Linux hopes to throw light on the current GNU/Linux distributions and their relationships with each other. Though the map doesn't show the historically significant but now redundant distros like SLS, Yggdrasil and the erstwhile Red Hat, it shows many of the more prominent GNU/Linux distributions."

5 of 67 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Linspire and Debian by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don;t be silly, of course Linspire isn't derived from Debian, its derived from Windows.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  2. Re:Nice diagram! by jasontn · · Score: 5, Informative
    You can try this:

    The Mother of All CPU Charts 2005/2006.

  3. Those who ignore history are doomed to .... by Yonder+Way · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ....irrelevance?

    Unfortunately by leaving out the historical lineage, it doesn't really show how Fedora, SuSE, and Mandriva are all descended from Red Hat Linux. Others are grouped together by things like size or security rather than lineage. It's not very logical or consistent in its current layout. And by ignoring lineage, it has sacraficed its relevance.

  4. Mind Mapping Software by jallen02 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That Mind Map appears to have been made with FreeMind. An excellent, open source, mind mapping solution. I advise folks to try it out.

    FreeMind

    Jeremy

  5. Re:Nice diagram! by Danny+Rathjens · · Score: 4, Informative
    the multi-lingual section does not show the parent distribution

    Look again. See the legend in the upper right assigning colored dots to the major distros? See the colored dots on the cells for the multi-lingual distributions and the security related, and small distros?

    (this also answers another posters erroneous gripe about having groups unrelated to their parentage)