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Arnaud
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Hello all. I have a quite extensive question that I could not resolve by searching the Internet, so I figured I'd ask here.
As a little bit of background info, I am creating an exclusively Linux-related, alternate petition website with the goal to get current, relevant, commercial software (such as PhotoShop) and videogames to be supported on Linux. In order to complete my concept, I need to know what kind of info to include with the petitions that will be set up, this info including the distro it should appear on. Many companies use the "scattered landscape of Linux" excuse as a reason not to consider a native port on Linux. Including a specific distro in the petition should omit this excuse. (This is not the full concept of the petition site, it's just the relevant information for my question )
For this "specific distro", I have decided to go with (at least) Ubuntu as I feel they are the closest to the mainstream operating systems and have been making tremendous progress in the last couple of months. Choosing Ubuntu should also allow all Ubuntu derivatives (such as Mint) to take advantage of the software built for Ubuntu.
However, I've been given to understand that Ubuntu reaches far, but not as far as the usual top 5 most popular distributions. This top 5 usually includes Ubuntu and Mint, but also Fedora, Redhat and others. After a bit of research I have found that Fedora functions as some sort of a parent distro for others like RedHat and CentOS. I am assuming that Fedora is kind of "the Ubuntu of the RPM-family"? Is this correct, or am I wrong with this comparison?
Now, for my question, I am wondering whether I should expand my concept to both Ubuntu and Fedora in order to reach as many popular distros possible. Is it true that any piece of software written for Fedora also runs on its derivatives such as RedHat? Are Ubuntu and Fedora a good starting point combination to reach alot of distros?
Looking forward to your insights,
Arnaud
As a little bit of background info, I am creating an exclusively Linux-related, alternate petition website with the goal to get current, relevant, commercial software (such as PhotoShop) and videogames to be supported on Linux. In order to complete my concept, I need to know what kind of info to include with the petitions that will be set up, this info including the distro it should appear on. Many companies use the "scattered landscape of Linux" excuse as a reason not to consider a native port on Linux. Including a specific distro in the petition should omit this excuse. (This is not the full concept of the petition site, it's just the relevant information for my question )
For this "specific distro", I have decided to go with (at least) Ubuntu as I feel they are the closest to the mainstream operating systems and have been making tremendous progress in the last couple of months. Choosing Ubuntu should also allow all Ubuntu derivatives (such as Mint) to take advantage of the software built for Ubuntu.
However, I've been given to understand that Ubuntu reaches far, but not as far as the usual top 5 most popular distributions. This top 5 usually includes Ubuntu and Mint, but also Fedora, Redhat and others. After a bit of research I have found that Fedora functions as some sort of a parent distro for others like RedHat and CentOS. I am assuming that Fedora is kind of "the Ubuntu of the RPM-family"? Is this correct, or am I wrong with this comparison?
Now, for my question, I am wondering whether I should expand my concept to both Ubuntu and Fedora in order to reach as many popular distros possible. Is it true that any piece of software written for Fedora also runs on its derivatives such as RedHat? Are Ubuntu and Fedora a good starting point combination to reach alot of distros?
Looking forward to your insights,
Arnaud