Linux+ Study Guide

[Garfunkel]

http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8478

This is bloody awesome! I'm gonna go have a little read now, great to learn a bit more about Linux.

[masteratt]

Things like this make me want to switch to Linux just because there is a community there who do hard work just for the sake of improving the community (just like Firefox).
You can't go wrong with a thinking like that.

I'll try Linux when I get the PS3 and if I like it I'll go 'into it' and once I'm 'into it' I'll probably use it like mad and become a Linux 'fanboy'.

The only thing that annoys me about Linux is, why are there 20+ versions and the guide didn't help clear the difference between them at all.

[Coded-Dude]

nice find........

[Garfunkel]

Things like this make me want to switch to Linux just because there is a community there who do hard work just for the sake of improving the community (just like Firefox).
You can't go wrong with a thinking like that.

I'll try Linux when I get the PS3 and if I like it I'll go 'into it' and once I'm 'into it' I'll probably use it like mad and become a Linux 'fanboy'.

The only thing that annoys me about Linux is, why are there 20+ versions and the guide didn't help clear the difference between them at all.

Oh there is a hell of a lot more then 20 mate... Distrowatch lists 530. And i'm sure there is more.

The differences between them include:

different focuses, for example some focus on security, some on the desktop, some on server, some on thin client, some on media etc etc.

Different window manages (GUI). Some distro's such as ubuntu use gnome, other's like PCLinuxOS use KDE. Others like INSERT use XFCE (i think). There are more but these are the main ones.

Targeted towards different users, for example PCLinuxOS and ubuntu are targeted towards new users but also allow for advanced configuration. OpenSuSE and fedora act as a middle road, not the best for new users but offer some very very good administrative abilities for advanced users. Some like Gentoo and Slackware are targeted towards very advanced users with lots of time on their hands, but would be a very bad choice for new users. Then you have the uber 1337 distro's like LFS (Linux From Scratch), though not actually a distro, it is a book used as a tutorial in building, compiling and installing a custom OS completely different from any other distro. I have tried most of these distro's, ubuntu is my main distro, i have attempted to install LFS but have failed miserably. (due to own knowledge and bugs in book)

Many distros just offer different packages or programs, for example somemay offer VLC as their media player while others will offer Totem or Xine or kaffeine.

Some offer different kernel's, for example some distro's use older, tried and tested kernels while others use bleeding edge kernels. (a kernel is the most important program in an OS, it dictates basic input and output sequences and operations.)

That's only a few differences, there are many more. Please PM me if you are interested in installing Linux or need help or have questions.

[masteratt]

That's only a few differences, there are many more. Please PM me if you are interested in installing Linux or need help or have questions.
Definitely.

So PS3 uses YelloDogLinux right?

What's YDL's speciality?

[Garfunkel]

Ps3 can use any Linux distro made for the ppc platform running the 2.6.19 kernel + patch or even better the 2.6.20 kernel (doesn't need a patch, has native support for cell)

YDL's speciality is the same as fedora or suse.