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The classification is a bit naive-e.g. Crux isn't really a LFS variant, and Arch is surely a Crux tweak (or rather inspired from the Crux philosophy), but I fail to see how it can be linked to LFS.

And Frugalware isn't an Arch clone- factly the only thing in common with Arch is the pacman package manager and the package stucture- but the whole system philosophy of Frugalware is almost 100% Slackware. Same applies for another distro that uses pacman- namely Rubix.

The only real Arch clone currently is Underground Linux.

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The classification is a bit naive-e.g. Crux isn't really a LFS variant, and Arch is surely a Crux tweak (or rather inspired from the Crux philosophy), but I fail to see how it can be linked to LFS.

And Frugalware isn't an Arch clone- factly the only thing in common with Arch is the pacman package manager and the package stucture- but the whole system philosophy of Frugalware is almost 100% Slackware. Same applies for another distro that uses pacman- namely Rubix.

The only real Arch clone currently is Underground Linux.

tell the guy, not me :P

 

half the reason i posted it was because i knew there were some errors, and figured if there are more eyes on it the guy might correct it. or, i might just make my own...:unsure:

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that was commented on in the article i linked to by at least one other person.

 

(it's best to also comment on these things in the article i linked to so the guy who made it can correct it...he doesn't visit here AFAIK ;) )

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red hat and fedora are the wrong way around.... red hat came first, and then fedora.

 

arch.... it kinda should be in a category of it's own. It was inspired by many distros, but based on none. It certainly wasnt based on LFS.

 

anyway, off to comment on the article :)

 

James

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red hat and fedora are the wrong way around.... red hat came first, and then fedora.

while chronologically you are correct, I believe currently RHEL is based off of Fedora Core - so technically it is now a child of FC. But, I may be wrong about how they are related :)

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red hat and fedora are the wrong way around.... red hat came first, and then fedora.

while chronologically you are correct, I believe currently RHEL is based off of Fedora Core - so technically it is now a child of FC. But, I may be wrong about how they are related :)

 

and fedora was directly based off redhat :P

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