From ddf0ea79aac58068a499e867106cd025b1b7b34e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gferg <> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:50:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] updated --- LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Distribution-HOWTO.sgml | 95 ++++++++++++++++++---- LDP/howto/linuxdoc/HOWTO-INDEX.sgml | 7 +- 2 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Distribution-HOWTO.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Distribution-HOWTO.sgml index 097d14b5..c6fc1635 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Distribution-HOWTO.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/Distribution-HOWTO.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The Linux Distribution HOWTO <author>Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> -<date>v6.8, 8 February 2000 +<date>v6.9, 8 June 2000 <abstract> This document is intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, @@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices. As a result, the three-tier structure of primary distribution builders, value-added repackagers, and bottom-feeding CD shovellers that used to define the market has nearly collapsed. To be - competitive in 1997, a Linux outfit (whether commercial or - noncommercial) has to offer reasonable support and behave like a - primary distribution builder, whether it's really one or not. So - as long as you look for a recent freeze date, it is pretty hard to - get stuck with a dud distribution these days. + competitive in the third millennium, a Linux outfit (whether + commercial or noncommercial) has to offer reasonable support and + behave like a primary distribution builder, whether it's really one + or not. So as long as you look for a recent freeze date, it is + pretty hard to get stuck with a dud distribution these days. <sect1>Editorial Recommendations<label id=opinions> <p> @@ -164,15 +164,16 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices. used Yggdrasil, and I recommended it over commercial System V versions for its superior documentation, large collection of applications, and enlightened policy of sending free releases to - freeware authors and dedicating part of the price of each CD-ROM to + open-source authors and dedicating part of the price of each CD-ROM to financially supporting free software. But Yggdrasil hasn't issued a new release since 1995 and they've been left behind by the market. - I now run Red Hat Linux and am quite satisfied with it. Red Hat's - RPM technology currently gives it, IMO, a technical edge over any - other vendor. They've made most of the right moves at the right - times and I consider them the current market leader. + I now run Red Hat Linux and am quite satisfied with it. They have + successfully created a de-facto standard in distribution packaging + with RPM (now also used by SuSE and Mandrake, among others). They've + made most of the right moves at the right times and I consider them + the current market leader. If you're ideologically wedded to using a non-commercial distribution, Debian seems to me to be the clear choice, the only one left with @@ -341,9 +342,10 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices. are made about every three months, the ftp archives are updated daily. - For more information about Debian Linux, please refer to the - files at <url url="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/"> or visit our - World Wide Web page at <url url="http://www.debian.org/">. + For more information about Debian Linux, please refer to the files + at <url url="ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/"> or visit our World + Wide Web page at <url url="http://www.debian.org/">. There is also + a book, "Running Debian GNU/Linux", from O'Reilly & Associates. If you're interested in joining this project you are invited to subscribe to either debian-user@lists.debian.org or @@ -919,6 +921,70 @@ distributions available on CD-ROM and accessible to Linux novices. 1 November 1999 </descrip> +<sect1>Turbo Linux +<p><descrip> + TurboLinux, Inc.<newline> + 2000 Sierra Point Parkway<newline> + Suite 401<newline> + Brisbane, CA 94005<newline> + + Net: <htmlurl url="mailto:info@turbolinux.com" name="info@turbolinux.com"> (orders) <newline> + WWW: <url url="http://www.turbolinux.com"> <newline> + FTP: <url url="ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/"> <newline> + Vox: (650)-244-7777 + Fax: 650-244-7766 + +<tag/Provider's Description:/ + TurboLinux makes a suite of high-performance Linux products for the + workstation and server markets. Our products are available from our + Web site, at more than 3,000 retail stores in North America and + from our value-added reseller partners around the world. Our products: + + <descrip> + <tag/Workstation 6.0/ + TurboLinux Workstation 6.0 is your high-performance choice for + Linux on the desktop. The powerful office productivity suite + StarOffice gives you full Microsoft Office compatibility and + Netscape gets you quickly online for e-mail and Web surfing. + + <tag/Server 6.0/ + TurboLinux Server 6.0, completely re-engineered as a secure, + high-performance backend server for business workgroups in the + enterprise, now includes robust e-commerce software for + business-to-business transactions. + + <tag/TurboCluster Server 4.0/ + Build affordable, scalable and available server clusters (25+ + cluster nodes!) with TurboCluster Server 4.0, voted Best Web + Solution by the editors of Linux Journal. TurboCluster Server, + also named Corporate IT Best Product winner for enterprise-class + customers at the IT 2000 Sydney computer show, integrates + seamlessly into your existing IT environment to cluster Solaris and + Windows NT server nodes as well as Linux.. + + <tag/enFuzion 6.0> + Turn your existing network into a supercomputer! Based on a simple + but powerful concept called parametric execution, enFuzion turns + your existing computer network into a high speed, fault tolerant, + highly available supercomputer. + </descrip> + +<tag/Ordering:/ + See <url url="http://www.turbolinux.com/products/"> + TurboLinux is also offered in retail stores and many online stores. + +<tag/Last Freeze Date:/ + Workstation 6.0 - January 3.<newline> + Server 6.0 - January 3.<newline> + TurboCluster Server - October 4.<newline> + + Estimated update frequency can vary from 2 weeks to 3 months + depending on the product. + +<tag/Entry last modified:/ + 22 Mar 2000. +</descrip> + <sect>Submissions To This Document<label id="submissions"> <p> I encourage anyone and everyone who maintains a Linux distribution @@ -1103,4 +1169,3 @@ fill-column:75 End: -- > - diff --git a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/HOWTO-INDEX.sgml b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/HOWTO-INDEX.sgml index b2f87c6c..a40aa5ee 100644 --- a/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/HOWTO-INDEX.sgml +++ b/LDP/howto/linuxdoc/HOWTO-INDEX.sgml @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ How to setup a server and configure clients for diskless operation from a network. <item><htmlurl url="Distribution-HOWTO.html" name="Distribution-HOWTO">, -<BF/The Linux Distribution HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: February 2000/. +<BF/The Linux Distribution HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: June 2000/. Intended to help new users choose a Linux distribution, and to help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. @@ -277,12 +277,15 @@ help experienced users track the state of the Linux market. <BF/DNS HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: February 1999/. How to become a totally "small time" DNS admin. -<item><htmlurl url="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html" name="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO">,<BF>From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO</BF> <p><em/Updated: February 1999/. +<item><htmlurl url="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO.html" name="DOS-Win-to-Linux-HOWTO">, +<BF>From DOS/Windows to Linux HOWTO</BF> <p><em/Updated: February 1999/. Written for all the DOS and Windows users who have decided to switch to Linux. <item><htmlurl url="DOSEMU-HOWTO.html" name="DOSEMU-HOWTO">, <BF/The dosemu HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: March 1997/. +DOSEMU stands for DOS Emulation, and is an application that enables the +Linux OS to run many DOS programs. <item><htmlurl url="Ecology-HOWTO.html" name="Ecology-HOWTO">, <BF/Linux Ecology HOWTO/ <p><em/Updated: March 2000/.