I passed
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| Author | Content |
|---|---|
| seatex Jan 24, 2016 8:48 PM EDT |
I got 14 out of 18 for 77.78%. Lower than I thought I did, but I learned something. |
| claudecat Jan 24, 2016 11:44 PM EDT |
I got all 18. I may need to get a life. Is there a 12-step program for distro-hoppers? |
| mbaehrlxer Jan 25, 2016 3:49 AM EDT |
not 12 but 18 steps: you repeat the 18 questions of the survey until you no longer care... greetings, eMBee. |
| jdixon Jan 25, 2016 11:13 AM EDT |
15 of 18. I'm not very good on penetration or Mandrake derived distros. |
| flufferbeer Jan 25, 2016 12:08 PM EDT |
An "A" myself w/ only one mistake, but this Linux Distros Quiz completely left out ALL the Linux LIVECD distros. For example Linuxcare's LNX-BBC (going way way back), Knoppix, Damn Small Linux, SimpleMEPIS, Puppy Linux, SystemRescueCD, Slax,...etc.
Don't remember what LNX-BBC and MEPIS were based on, but Puppy Linux has ALWAYS been a distro entity by itself. IIRC, Knoppix and DSL are/were both based on Debian, SysResCD was/is based on Gentoo (passing mention of Genoo in one of this quiz's Q's), and Slax has always been based on Slackware. 2c |
| number6x Jan 25, 2016 1:46 PM EDT |
17/18 Wasn't familiar with Manjaro. I guess I'll have to look into it. |
| claudecat Jan 25, 2016 2:03 PM EDT |
Answering some implied questions (snowed in, boredom...) Mepis was Debian-based. It was one of the easiest to install distros for a while, a fine and stable effort. I see mention of Mepis packages (I guess they still maintain a repo) on the Debian forums, so maybe this one rises from the ashes someday. I think the head guy was named Warren... Manjaro is for me the most intriguing newer distro on the scene. Arch-based, but with their own repos, ostensibly for stability. Easy install, user-friendly tools, great artwork, friendly and helpful community... It's like the Mint of the Arch landscape. |
| gary_newell Jan 25, 2016 6:39 PM EDT |
14/18 got a mixture wrong. n'ye |
| mbaehrlxer Jan 26, 2016 1:01 AM EDT |
flufferbeer: complaining about a quiz like that shows that you are suffering from linux addiction to the highest order. please seek help immediately! greetings, eMBee. |
| Fettoosh Jan 26, 2016 11:56 AM EDT |
I got 16/18 (88.88%) myself and I have never used any but Suse first and Kubuntu since Novell bought Suse. |
| caitlynm Jan 27, 2016 4:01 PM EDT |
17 out of 18. The fact that I used to write for DistroWatch may have something to do with that. |
| gus3 Jan 27, 2016 6:18 PM EDT |
14/18. Which one did you miss, caitlynm? |
| caitlynm Jan 27, 2016 7:29 PM EDT |
Believe it or not, Fedora. It's the way they worded the question. Red Hat never discontinued the desktop version. They just renamed the community version. |
| jdixon Jan 27, 2016 7:49 PM EDT |
> Red Hat never discontinued the desktop version. They just renamed the community version. I thought there was about a six month gap between the discontinuing of Red Hat Linux and the creation of Fedora? |
| caitlynm Jan 27, 2016 11:25 PM EDT |
Not that I remember, no. I could be wrong but I don't think so. |
| flufferbeer Jan 27, 2016 11:45 PM EDT |
@jdixon > I thought there was about a six month gap between the discontinuing of Red Hat Linux and the creation of Fedora? IIRC, the last remaining NON-enterprise version of Red Hat Linux was RH9 "Shrike". i do remember quite clearly that the first ALL-COMMUNITY version of Fedora was actually called Fedora Core 1, soon to be followed by Fedora Core 2 "Tettnang". Could turn out to be that FC1 came just after RH9 or simulaneous with it. 2 more c's |
| jdixon Jan 28, 2016 9:29 AM EDT |
> IIRC, the last remaining NON-enterprise version of Red Hat Linux was RH9... Correct. Here's a chart from Red Hat with some relevant dates, but it doesn't make clear when the announcements of the discontinuation of Red Hat Linux and the start of Fedora were: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/History_of_Red_Hat_Linux My memory tells me that the discontinuation of Red Hat Linux was very shortly after the release of Red Hat 9, but that was almost 13 years ago, and it may not be reliable. The dates we do have are that Red Hat Linux 9.0 came out March 31, 2003 and the Fedora announcement came on Sept 25, 2003. |
| penguinist Jan 28, 2016 10:30 AM EDT |
My recollection of this was that it was just a renaming event, not a discontinuation and a fresh start. RH9 was released as one version and then the next version came out labeled Fedora Core 1. |
| jdixon Jan 28, 2016 10:38 AM EDT |
> My recollection of this was that it was just a renaming event, not a discontinuation and a fresh start. RH9 was released as one version and then the next version came out labeled Fedora Core 1. Essentially, yes. But that wasn't clear from the outside, My memory says there were quite a bit of confusion as to how Red Hat was going to handle things before the Fedora announcement came out. |
| kikinovak Jan 29, 2016 8:27 AM EDT |
17/18. Never owned a smartphone. :o) |
| CFWhitman Jan 29, 2016 2:26 PM EDT |
I got 17/18, but what really gets me is that the one I missed should not have been the hardest for me to answer. |
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