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Notes:
Caldera
- recent acclaim for new installer
- very strong VAR network
Debian
- the "purest" distribution from a philosophical viewpoint
- chosen by Richard Stallman for GNU/HURD
- the basis for Corel's new distribution (Fall 1999)
Red Hat
- in the last year, divested itself of all commercial add-ons
- making a splash with the first Linux-related IPO in August
- leading edge to bleeding edge
Slackware
- many ardent fans
- the most "Unix-like" for administration
- the choice for people who like to compile and nstall
SuSE
- wide acclaim for the quality of their documentation
- close ties to X consortium, first with support for new hardware under X