Linux Distributor

As Linux has become more popular, several different development streams or distributors have emerged, e.g.Redhat, slackware, Mandrake, Debian, and Cladera. A distribution compries a prepackaged kernel, system utilities, GUI interface and application programs.

Redhat is the most popular distribution because it has been ported to a large number of hardware platfroms, it is easy to use install and it comes with a comprehensive set of utilities and applications including the X windows graphics system, GNOME and KDE GUI environments, and the staroffice suite.