1 00:00:06,570 --> 00:00:08,610 - In this video, I'm going to give you an overview 2 00:00:08,610 --> 00:00:10,770 of Linux distributions. 3 00:00:10,770 --> 00:00:13,920 So it all started with the GNU utilities 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:15,930 plus the Linux kernel. 5 00:00:15,930 --> 00:00:20,820 And you don't want to do that for yourself. 6 00:00:20,820 --> 00:00:23,340 Well, if you wanted to do it for yourself, 7 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:27,663 that we call Linux From Scratch. 8 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:33,060 But Linux From Scratch is really not something 9 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:34,200 that I would recommend. 10 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:35,970 It's complicated. 11 00:00:35,970 --> 00:00:38,430 If we talk about major distributions, 12 00:00:38,430 --> 00:00:40,860 there are two big developments. 13 00:00:40,860 --> 00:00:43,233 Development number one is Red Hat. 14 00:00:44,700 --> 00:00:47,400 So Red Hat actually started quite early. 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,510 And Red Hat has become 16 00:00:48,510 --> 00:00:53,510 the number one most successful Linux distribution around. 17 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:58,290 Based on Red Hat, we have different other distributions. 18 00:00:58,290 --> 00:01:01,030 There is for instance CentOS 19 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:04,653 and Fedora. 20 00:01:06,420 --> 00:01:08,670 Fedora is the open source platform. 21 00:01:08,670 --> 00:01:10,770 Fedora feeds into CentOS. 22 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:13,410 And CentOS is the continuous development platform 23 00:01:13,410 --> 00:01:16,530 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 24 00:01:16,530 --> 00:01:18,450 Now from Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 25 00:01:18,450 --> 00:01:22,410 there are some free Linux distributions available as well. 26 00:01:22,410 --> 00:01:26,463 And these free Linux distributions are Rocky Linux, 27 00:01:27,330 --> 00:01:28,923 and they are AlmaLinux. 28 00:01:30,780 --> 00:01:32,580 So if you look at the development cycle, 29 00:01:32,580 --> 00:01:35,220 it all starts with Fedora, then comes CentOs, 30 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:36,540 then there is Red Hat. 31 00:01:36,540 --> 00:01:38,700 Red Hat is the successful product, 32 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:41,190 but for companies, people that don't want to pay 33 00:01:41,190 --> 00:01:43,170 for Red Hat functionality, there is Rocky, 34 00:01:43,170 --> 00:01:44,550 there is AlmaLinux. 35 00:01:44,550 --> 00:01:46,110 It's all the same. 36 00:01:46,110 --> 00:01:47,760 And let's not forget 37 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,130 that there's another major Linux distribution 38 00:01:50,130 --> 00:01:52,020 that is derived from Red Hat, 39 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:53,313 and that is Oracle. 40 00:01:54,420 --> 00:01:58,980 Oracle Linux, in fact, is a Red Hat Linux distribution. 41 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:03,210 The other important development is Debian. 42 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:06,450 Debian is also one of the early distributions, 43 00:02:06,450 --> 00:02:09,180 and Debian has become the foundation 44 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:13,503 for some very important distribution, and that is Ubuntu. 45 00:02:15,617 --> 00:02:17,880 Ubuntu is one of the major distributions 46 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:21,240 that we are going to use here in this course. 47 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,070 And based on Ubuntu, 48 00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:26,004 there are other Linux distributions as well. 49 00:02:26,004 --> 00:02:27,990 They are derived from Ubuntu, 50 00:02:27,990 --> 00:02:32,990 and we should mention Linux Mint, for instance. 51 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,210 And we should mention Kali Linux. 52 00:02:36,210 --> 00:02:40,200 Kali Linux is really security oriented, 53 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,120 and Linux Mint was created 54 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,973 because it has a nicer graphical interface. 55 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,450 These are the main distributions family. 56 00:02:48,450 --> 00:02:50,463 There are other distributions around, 57 00:02:51,330 --> 00:02:53,520 and you may come across, 58 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,653 but this is what really matters nowadays.