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Something I dont get with all these different versions of Linux
voidmain:
Pretty much correct. No matter what Linux distro you use you should be able to obtain any software that any of the other distros provide with little effort.
Another one of the more major differences other than package management is the installation methods. But once the system is installed if you know Linux under the hood you will be comfortable in any of them. If you get used to using the "distro specific" commands then you may have trouble but if you have a good understanding of the nuts and bolts, nothing will hamper you in any of the distros.
Now I like RedHat for a few reasons, it comes with most of the software I like, I have to add very little after my installation. And I prefer the the RedHat default configurations over most of the others. But mostly because I am comfortable with it as it is the distro I have used the most since version 1.0. Others have come and gone.
I also like Debian by the way which is probably more different than RedHat than many of the other distros. I used Slackware before RedHat came out, switched back and forth between Slackware and RedHat and finally stuck with RedHat. Plus it is easier when it is the most popular and most supported by companies and software vendors. Debian is certainly a very good OS as well. Both Debian and RedHat make very good servers.
Bazoukas:
Thanks VoidMan once again. Very helpfull.
I am Downloading the Debian iso right now. Just for the heck of it and take a feel for it. Right now my home base is RedHat and I just go around "shoping". And even though Mandrake is easier I like RH better.
And on my own right now I am learning slowly Unix Shell programming so I can get more familiar with X.
Am happy to say I am 98% Windows free :D . Win is just for two games that I realy realy like.
voidmain:
UNIX shell programming is where you *really* will begin to see the advantages of *NIX over Windows. Stick with it, it's not difficult and it can make your life VERY easy. And it will give you some of the basics you need when you start venturing into other scripting and compiled languages.
Shell programming is one of the first things I would recommend to anyone moving to *NIX. In fact I do a lot of one time scripting right in the shell. I like the way you can stack commands for a specific purpose.
An example (maybe not the best):
Say you wanted to watch who is logged in as you are expecting a friend to log in sometime soon and you want to know when he's in you could do something like this:
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Which would clear the screen and run the "who" command every 5 seconds so you can see when someone logs in. Just press ^C to break out of the loop. Real time scripting.
Or similar, you wanted to watch all the processes being run by a specific user:
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[ August 28, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]
sporkme:
heheheh just remember you have long left the questions like "how do i remove a virus from the start menu?"
b e e f
Bazoukas:
woooot!
I can understand the syntax. I am gonna give it a go. Thanks man
And from the little that i have learned now, its not that hard to pick it up. Am doing C++ at the same time and its true what they say that learn one language and its easy to pick other languages.
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