Linux Distribution Software vs. A Linux Distribution Name - Don't Confuse These - Linux Training

There are lots of people that confuse the Linux distribution software components, such as the Linux OS kernel, the GNU Linux commands, the many different Linux server programs, the Linux desktops and the Linux software programs - with the name of a specific (and very carefully and expensively branded) Linux distribution name.

And almost all of the Linux distribution software components have NOTHING to do with the Linux distribution (name) that is "distributing" the Linux software components they contain!

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For example, at times you will see ABC, DEF and GHI used for Linux distribution names, rather than real Linux distribution names. You can usually replace ABC, DEF and GHI with any one of the over 130 Linux distribution names.

Don't Confuse Linux Distribution Software with a Linux Distribution Name

It's true that a few Linux software components in a Linux distribution may have been created by a Linux distribution (name). The percentage of any given Linux distribution software that has been created by a specific Linux distribution (name) is incredibly small in comparison to

all the software included with the distribution.

However, many people completely associate a Linux distribution (name or brand name) with Linux distribution software components - that the Linux distribution had nothing to do with creating!

And this, of course is what many Linux distributions, especially the "big" brand name (and usually extremely expensive) Linux distributions want you to think!

They want you to believe that they created the Linux software components in the Linux distribution as well as assembling the Linux distribution software components and making them work.

For example, some people are convinced that the Linux distro named ABC is the best Linux distribution in the universe for some reason, such as the Linux web server included with the Linux distribution - or the Linux file server included - or some other Linux server that is part of the Linux distribution.

While other people think distro DEF is the best Linux distribution because it has the most user-friendly desktop.

And still others think distro GHI is by far and away the best because of some other Linux distribution software component - that wasn't created by the Linux distribution - it was created by a group of people working on a Linux software project!

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