Mandrake ProSuite 9.2

Linux today is a very unique thing. It is not a unified group like it was in it origin. Linux today is a collection of hundreds of different distros created by thousands of programmers. Linux is still under the GNU license and thus open source and free. Linux is typically used by programmers, server administrators who cannot afford UNIX, and home users who do not like Microsoft. Today's Linux distros fill a wide variety of needs. Red Hat and Mandrake are middle road distros. They are user friendly enough and offer a solid stable environment for home users. Distros like Debian, Gentoo, and Slackware are super-stable, fast distros, but they can be difficult to install and use. Distros like Lindows and Lycoris are designed to allow Windows users to painlessly move to Linux. These distros offer all of Linux's strengths in a more Windows-like environment. There are still many other distros out there that offer different functionality.