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Name: Fedora Core
Website: http://fedoraproject.org
Kernel: Linux Kernel
Description: Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join.
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Name: OpenSUSE
Website: http://opensuse.org
Kernel: Linux Kernel
Description: The openSUSE project is a worldwide community program sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The program provides free and easy access to openSUSE. Here you can find and join a community of users and developers, who all have the same goal in mind — to create and distribute the world's most usable Linux. openSUSE also provides the base for Novell's award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
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Name: Ubuntu Linux
Website: http://www.ubuntu.com
Kernel: Linux Kernel
Description: Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.
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6 month release cycle; Very large user base; Widespread guides and support documentation; Many different "flavours" depending on OS requirements; Live-CD with installation support; Commonly supported distribution amongst hardware manufacturers and software developers - open source and proprietary.

 

Name: Gentoo Linux
Website: http://www.gentoo.org
Kernel: Linux Kernel
Description:

Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else -- whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution.

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