kyle Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 What exactly is Linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Media LLC Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Linux is a type of operating system. It works the same way that Windows does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 oh okay. So then whats the difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Media LLC Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 oh okay. So then whats the difference? The interface is much diff. Also many functions. Google linux vs. windows and it will show a great example of the differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 okay thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Don't go to the first result, its the Microsoft website and is probably very biased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelso Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Linux is what I use. It's like windows, but is faster and more efficient. If you'd like to get Linux (it's absolutly free!) go to Ubuntu.org to download one version of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted March 4, 2007 Author Share Posted March 4, 2007 I went to the link, and where do you go from there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageJoe Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 I think you need to get nero and burn it onto a cd, then take your current OS of your hard drive then, then install linux with the cd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druser Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I think you need to get nero and burn it onto a cd, then take your current OS of your hard drive then, then install linux with the cd. you can get a free ubuntu hard copy from shipit.ubuntu.com. Linux is open source, it's the base, the kernel of 400 linux distribtions. The most linux distributions are open source, there isn't a real company behind it, but a whole community. On distrowatch you can find the most popular linux distributions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 All Linux distros are open source. The Linux kernel as well as all the currently used window managers are liscensed under GNU/GPL. Ubuntu is far from efficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxdamantus Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I use Gentoo. Good for your first distribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 I use Gentoo. Good for your first distribution. No it isn't. Everything is compiled from source, not exactly a beginner's distro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxdamantus Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 But to get Gentoo running, all you need to do is boot up the LiveCD, and run the installer, where you choose a few options, and programs to pre-install, and it will do what it's meant to do.. Then, boot it up from where you installed it, and it includes Portage, which automatically installs most programs for you. For example, you can install Firefox by simply going: emerge -av firefox And it will ask you if you want to download the specific amount, and if you choose yes, it will download it, then compile it for you, as you sit back, and continue doing what you were doing. Gentoo is the first distro I have properly installed to Hard Disk, and it's easy to use and understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyougi Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 But to get Gentoo running, all you need to do is boot up the LiveCD, and run the installer, where you choose a few options, and programs to pre-install, and it will do what it's meant to do.. Then, boot it up from where you installed it, and it includes Portage, which automatically installs most programs for you. For example, you can install Firefox by simply going: emerge -av firefox And it will ask you if you want to download the specific amount, and if you choose yes, it will download it, then compile it for you, as you sit back, and continue doing what you were doing. Gentoo is the first distro I have properly installed to Hard Disk, and it's easy to use and understand. Ubuntu is a more user-friendly distro. Gentoo requires either some knowledge in Linux or time to figure everything out. Not only that, compiling the base from source takes a while, not something a new person to Linux wants to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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