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+How and why to work with the Linux kernel community
+Distributions
+
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+Distributions (both commercial and community based)
+Debian, Ubuntu, SuSE, Fedora, RedHat, Mandriva, ...
+
+Role
+Aggregate thousands of individual FOSS programs
+Find stable and compatible versions of those programs
+Do 'software system integration'
+Offer bianary software packages and installation media
+Offer (security) updates to their users
+Offer free/best effort or commercial support for professional users
+
personal git repositories of Harald Welte. Your mileage may vary