I would not delve into technicalities, but here is a great visualization on which linux distro is a fork of whom: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Gldt1009.svg [Source<http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/10/31/the-linux-distro-timeline-is-an-extensive-family-tree-of-all-things-linux/> ]