Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 30th Mar 2003 07:47 UTC
Yes, we all know the "big three" (Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE) commercial distros, we also know the next big bunch of respected traditional/geek distros (Debian and Slackware and some might add Gentoo too in this list), and we know the "other big three" in the desktop Linux area (Lindows, Xandros, Lycoris). However, not everyone knows what is available besides this "threshold". Here is a list of Linux distros that worth knowing about and to keep an eye on! 
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Because of long awaiting releases and also there was no real expanding of the distro. A year ago, Gentoo was indeed the "new jewel" of Linux. A few months ago, many of its users flee back to other distros with the release of RH 8 especially. Gentoo had a "big boom" with the media last year, but this didn't keep. For the last few months, we barely get any news around the web about Gentoo. And when there are no news to keep the hype going, there are no new users either to be gained. It is simple economics.
Gentoo might come back when 1.4 gets released, but the distro seem to have sit back a bit right now. It is the impression I get from visiting a lot of linux sites on the web, including Gentoo's own forums.