Fedora based distributions: An overview

[Yoshihiro Totaka]

Hi,

Not really a distribution, but below are commercial products using or 
utilizing Fedora.

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       Company Name
Orion Multisystems, Inc.
http://www.orionmulti.com/

       Product Name
DS-96
http://www.orionmulti.com/products/specs_ds96

       Major differences from Fedora
This is personal super computer which use customized Fedora core 2 for 
its software

       Contact page
http://www.orionmulti.com/company/contact

       Classify them into groups based on functionality
Personal Super computer
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       Company Name
NTT DATA Corporation

       Product Name
cell computing Gene (No English page yet)
http://www.cellcomputing.jp/products/product_gene.htm

       Major differences from Fedora
It adds packages developed by NTT Data and other open source softwares, 
so Fedora Core 3 can work as a personal grid computing server.

       Add-on packages included
BOINC version 4.26
Apache　version 2.0.50
PHP version 4.3.10
MySQL version 4.0.22
cell computing Gene managing console

       Contact page
https://www.cellcomputing.net/products/inquiry/

       Classify them into groups based on functionality
Fedora Core 3 Commercial add-on
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Regards,
Yoshihiro Totaka

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
> 
> There is a recent effort being made as part of the Fedora marketing team 
> to create a list of Fedora based distributions which includes the 
> project links, package listing, contact details etc classified into 
> several groups based on their functionality.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DerivedDistributions
> 
> I had committed to sending a mail with my ideas on this a few meeting 
> back and you got it now. I would like to invite more volunteers to 
> participate on this effort and send in your feedback.f
> 
> The numbers game
> 
> The number of Linux distributions continue to explode in a phenomenal 
> rate. There are 345 active distributions at present not counting 64 
> discontinued efforts. A large number of them are however derivatives 
> based on other distributions, in particular Red Hat Linux/Fedora and 
> Debian. The ones that are build from scratch are much lower at 28. 
> Factoring in distributions that were originally based on some 
> distributions but have evolved into independent ones we can put the 
> numbers at approximately 35.
> 
> 
> Fedora Derivatives
> 
> Fedora is the second highest base for a large number of distributions 
> right after Debian. There is a impressive 63 distributions based on 
> Fedora and 13 others based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux which itself is 
> based on Fedora. I havent counted Mandriva and others which are now far 
> apart from their lineage.
> 
> That puts the final count as 76.
> 
> Source: http://distrowatch.com
> 
> Classification of Derivatives
> 
> There are a fair number of reasons to create new distributions and 
> derivatives help you reach there better if you choose a appropriate base 
> depending on the requirements. Some major categories include the following:
> 
> * Live CD's: These is potentially the biggest group and they provide 
> value as rescue cds, demonstrations and technology showcases etc
> 
> * Regional: These include GUI and docs in their native language, locale 
> information with potentially more utilities for input methods and 
> changes to accommodate hardware in that particular region
> 
> * Niche groups: New technology, product demonstrations etc that appeal 
> to a limit audience like terminal servers and low end hardware. These 
> might eventually evolve into a mainstream technology or product
> 
> * Package mix: Changes in default set of packages, branding and other 
> specific targets like games or edutainment software.
> 
> * Commercial offshoots: Productizing a distribution appeals to many 
> groups and for several different uncategorized reasons
> 
> 
> Collaboration
> 
> Fedora as a project provides ample opportunity for such derivatives to 
> collaborate with each other and with Fedora itself. As an example, the 
> Live CD distributions can base themselves off Kadischi, Fedora's Live CD 
> generation tool and contribute towards improving it helping themselves 
> in the process.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LiveCD
> 
> Agenda items could include the following
> 
> * Contact and discuss areas and projects where we can have a win-win 
> arrangement
> * Provide templates for new project proposals and sub groups within 
> Fedora. Provide webspace, cvs access, mailing lists,  bandwidth and 
> publicity for such projects wherever appropriate
> * Make it easier to create derivatives and branding. Fedora potentially 
> benefits from being a base for different people to explore different areas
> 
> Let me know your thoughts
> 
> regards
> Rahul
> 
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