Linux Unix Consortium
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Overview
The largest and strongest faction of all, created from the merger between the ineffectual Linux Union and the tattered remnants of the once-dominant Unix Family. It was cofounded by Unix and Linux-tan, once sworn enemies, now friendly and productive partners working toward a viable future for their kind. The Unix-types bring to the table the experience of a three decade-old dynasty (the long-lasting of all), plus a respectable amount of wealth and a loyal corporate and industrial base. The Linux-types offer a long sought-after infusion of new talent, being spreaders of an admirable ideological doctrine that have garnered them support from a far more diverse consumer, academic and technocratic base across the world. With their combined strength, they are (at least on paper) the most powerful faction in terms of raw strength, numbers and performance stability per capita.
Ironically, the LUC also happens to be the LEAST politically-stable faction of all, as both Unix and Linux-tan were forced to combine two very different cultures too quickly. Staunchly independent spirits, conflicting agendas, flagrant power boasting and polarized ideologies are some of the many problems that bring about almost daily infighting between the members. The problem is aggravated further by frequent returns and departures of members disinterested in a unified front, having preferring instead to add to the medley of splinter factions or opt for the quiet life of a Wanderer.
Nevertheless, the struggle to sort through the chaos continues, and progress has been made to bridge the Linux-Unix divide, as well as create inroads into previously untapped and potentially strong emerging markets. Should the day come when the LUC members settle their differences and agree to form a unified front, the resulting explosion of power and talent (reaching to every corner of the known world) is said to be akin to the awakening of a sleeping dragon.
Members
- Unix
- Linux (aka GNU/Linux)
- Minix
- AIX
- Arch Linux
- BSD
- CRUX
- Debian
- EnGarde Secure Linux
- Fedora Core
- Gentoo
- HP-UX
- IRIX
- Knoppix
- Linux XP
- Mandriva
- Nexenta
- PC Linux OS (aka PCLOS)
- Puppy Linux
- Red Flag Linux
- Red Hat Linux
- SCO Unix
- Slackware
- Solaris (fka SunOS)
- Sorcerer Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Ubuntu
- UnixWare
- Yellow Dog
- Zenwalk
- Zeus Linux
- Other Linux distros not mentioned yet
- Other Unix descendants not mentioned yet