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A distro war usually starts between two equal passionate GNU/Linux supporters. The problem is when they support different GNU/Linux distributions and believe their distribution is superior to all other available distributions or operating systems.
Based on the package management system they use, a majority of Linux distributions fall into one of two groups. One group uses Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) while the second group uses dpkg Package Manager. We chose two RPM-based distributions, CentOS and SUSE, which are popular in the enterprise. Instead of using Debian as a dpkg-based distribution, we chose Ubuntu because of its huge popularity among beginners. Since Ubuntu evolved out of Debian, the sections discussing Ubuntu should also apply on Debian without major changes.
The steps in this chapter...
