09-20-2013
If your question is to know the list of distros, I say count goes on increasing. But the Best way to differentiate is by package management.
- Debian based. packages are installed using .deb files. It uses very powerful package management tool. I suppose to be the best and easy to use as it manages dependencies as well. Various Distros include : Debian, Ubuntu, Knoppix and many more.
- rpm based. These use .rpm files. Very easy to install and use. Various Distros include: Redhat, Fedora, Opensuse, Mandriva, Centos and many more.
Many Companies have their own versions of linux as well. Ex: Solaris, HP-UX etc.
If you wanna kickstart go ahead with Fedora (rpm) or Debian. Ubuntu will be way too easy to use.
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module::cpants::kwalitee::distros
Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Distros(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Distros(3pm)
NAME
Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Distros - Information retrieved from the various Linux and other distributions
SYNOPSIS
The metrics here are based on data provided by the various downstream packaging systems.
DESCRIPTION
Methods
order
Defines the order in which Kwalitee tests should be run.
analyse
kwalitee_indicators
Returns the Kwalitee Indicators datastructure.
o distributed_by_debian
True if the module (package) is repackaged by the Debian-Perl team and you can install it using the package management system of
Debian.
o latest_version_distributed_by_debian
True if the latest version of the module (package) is repackaged by Debian
o has_no_bugs_reported_in_debian
True for if the module is distributed by Debian and no bugs were reported.
o has_no_patches_in_debian
True for if the module is distributed by Debian and no patches applied.
Caveats
CPAN_dist, the name of CPAN distribution is inferred from the download location, for Debian packages. It works 99% of the time, but it is
not completely reliable. If it fails to detect something, it will spit out the known download location.
CPAN_vers, the version number reported by Debian is inferred from the debian version. This fails a lot, since Debian has a mechanism for
"unmangling" upstream versions which is non-reversible. We have to use that many times to fix versioning problems, and those packages will
show a different version (e.g. 1.080 vs 1.80)
The first problem is something the Debian people like to solve by adding metadata to the packages, for many other useful stuff (like
automatic upstream bug tracking and handling). About the second... well, it's a difficult one.
CPANTS does not yet handle the second issue.
LINKS
Basic homepage: http://packages.debian.org/src:$pkgname
Detalied homepage: http://packages.qa.debian.org/$pkgname
Bugs report: http://bugs.debian.org/src:$pkgname
Public SVN repository: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-perl/trunk/$pkg
From that last URL, you might be interested in the debian/ and debian/patches subdirectories.
SEE ALSO
Module::CPANTS::Analyse
AUTHOR
Thomas Klausner <https://metacpan.org/author/domm> and Gabor Szabo <https://metacpan.org/author/szabgab> with the help of Martin Ferrari
and the Debian Perl packaging team <http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright X 2003X2009 Thomas Klausner <https://metacpan.org/author/domm>
Copyright X 2006X2008 Gabor Szabo <https://metacpan.org/author/szabgab>
You may use and distribute this module according to the same terms that Perl is distributed under.
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-08 Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Distros(3pm)