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What distributions have rolling releases?

I was browsing DistroWatch and was looking for a list of distributions that offer rolling releases and a little bit more about them. However, it doesn't seem to be possible to select only the rolling releases on DistroWatch. Perhaps the Linux…
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What does it mean that a distro is "based on" another distro?

Ubuntu is based on Debian. Mint is based on Ubuntu (except for Linux Mint Debian Edition, which is based on Debian.) When one distro is based on another, in what ways is it different from the parent distro? What has been added or taken out or…
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What makes a Linux Distribution "Enterprise"?

Id like to know what makes a Linux Distribution "Enterprise" compared to another Non-Enterprise Distros.
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What are the ways of making your own linux distro?

I have customized my linux to a great extent to meet my specific needs. I want to make a bootable DVD out of it, which I can install on whichever system I wish. I have heard of a tool called remastersys. What are the alternatives to this tool? What…
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Minimal Command Line Distro

So, I want to have a VM of a very minimal x86 Linux install, with networking support so I can download packages. All this VM is going to be used for is to learn NASM assembly, since all of the other Linux installs I have anywhere area all x86_64…
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What's a good lightweight distribution to run on old hardware?

I need run a good Linux distribution on an old notebook with Athlon 1.2 and 128MB. I tried use a lite version of Win XP and some popular Linux distros but all of them was too heavy to this machine. The distro need be ease to use by a beginner user.…
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What Linux distros make upgrades easy?

I am currently running Fedora 16 on my laptop, which is like 3 years EOL-ed. The reason that's the case is because it is not easy to upgrade to the current version in Fedora (at least v16) and it requires a complete reinstall. So everything on it…
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Attempts to unify Linux and other free Unix?

It's such a pain when you don't know what distribution to choose. It's such a waste of time and effort for developers to port stuff from one distribution to another. It makes Linux/Unix more complicated (and scary) than it should be. While I know…
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A linux distribution installable to CF card

I need to install a Linux distribution on a PC Engine ALIX 1D board. The main storage device of that board is a 2 GB Compact Flash card. My aim is to use this board as a middle device between two network gateway devices connected on a Virtual…
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Suggested distro for powerpc G4, after Lubuntu went EOL and Debian dropped support

I have an old and trusty Mac Mini G4 that is happily offering many services in my home. Sadly both Lubuntu 16.04 and Debian now dropped powerpc support. Is there any hope to keep on using this machine and updating it? I am interested in a server…
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How to adapt a Linux like fedora, ubuntu etc. to make my own linux distro?

I want to make my own Linux distro. Now what I want to change is, "its logo", "wallpapers", "Browser", and add some Backtrack tools to it, etc. How can I do this?
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Why distros don't have a unique version which continously provide updates?

I don't see the point why distros, instead of building new versions, don't have a unique version, which continously provide upgrades for the linux kernel, desktop environment, software packages, etc. Everything seems to be upgreadable in a distro…
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Switching to Arch Linux from Linux Mint

This is not a programming related question. I am rather asking for your opinion. If this is not the right forum, let me know and I will delete the question. So, I have been using Linux for the last 21 months. I was a Windows user and had never used…
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MenuetOS alternative

I have been looking at MenuetOS, a simple graphical OS written entirely in FASM. Are there any other lightweight operating system which written entirely in one programming language such as C programming language or another?
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I made a linux distribution (kind of). How can I get it on servers and mirrors?

I made this thing called DH-USB, which is just a custom configuration of Arch made to be installed on (and run entirely from) USB drives. It's not shipped as a live ISO, since live systems didn't seem to have the persistence I needed, but just a…
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