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Debian Is the Most Important Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-of-course-it-is dept.

inkscapee writes "Without Debian we are nothing. Debian is the most influential and important Linux, and is unique for being the largest, oldest, 100% non-commercial community-driven distro. '...just under 63% of all distributions now being developed come ultimately from Debian. By comparison, 50 (15%) are based on Fedora or Red Hat, 28 (9%) on Slackware, and 12 (4%) on Gentoo.'"

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  1. Re:Android second? by X0563511 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Google no longer maintains the code they previously contributed to the Linux kernel as part of their Android effort, creating a separate version or fork of Linux. Android's mobile operating system is based upon a modified version of the Linux kernel. It is not linux.

    Specifics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)#Linux_compatibility

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