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To Ubuntu or not to Ubuntu; that is the question.
dsquire:
David
If you keep tempting me this way I am going to have to go and get my 386-16 out that I purchased in 1989 and have been carying it around in its original box for 20 years. With as much as I paid for it back then I can't bear to part with it. If I remember it has DOS 4.0 or earlier on it.
:doh: I wonder if I could load some flavour of Linux onto it to replace my unsuported Win XP? :D :D
Cheers :beer:
Don
DavidA:
You could go the whole geek hog and run Unix on it.
That would earn you some kudos.
Davw :thumbup:
dsquire:
--- Quote from: DavidA on April 20, 2014, 04:04:11 PM ---You could go the whole geek hog and run Unix on it.
That would earn you some kudos.
Davw :thumbup:
--- End quote ---
David
You walked right into my next question. :med:
I used to be quite comfortable in DOS. I know less than nothing about Linux/Unix.
I made the comment about Linux. You came back with the comment about Unix
Here are some of the names that I have seen in this thread about Unix.
Ubuntu
Xubuntu
Linux Mint17
Linux Mint13 KDE
Unix
Linux
Mint16
Debian
Mint
Gentoo
Redhat
Suse
"Yggdrasil" Linux
Katya
cinnamon
Can anyone please explain what the differences are and what else one should know so that they even know enough to ask dumb questions. :D
Cheers :beer:
Don
CrazyModder:
Think of it this way: "Unix" is the whole wide world. "Linux" is a continent (there are other Unixes which are not Linux). The continent has different states (e.g., "Debian-like", "Redhat-like", "self-compiled" ...). All the names you have listed are cities in those states. Some of them are in the same state and share a whole lot of stuff, just having different flavours, but there are different states on the continent.
There you go. :)
If you want to have it dead simple, get Ubuntu. If you want to have a very thorough understanding and almost complete power of your system, get Debian, which is the capitol of "Debian-like" :). If you want to invest a lot of time and do every last little thing yourself, including compiling every single program, get Gentoo. The rest of them are pretty special in one way or another.
AdeV:
OK, here goes...
Ubuntu - A version of Linux that's generally regarded as being easy-to-use for computer novices (and nerds alike).
Xubuntu - Ubuntu with an X in front of it.
Linux Mint17 - Mint is another Linux distribution. It's very similar to Ubuntu, but designed to look cool & be even easier to use. Recommended for an absolute beginnier.
Linux Mint13 KDE - As above but an older version (13 instead of 17); and using the "K" Desktop Environment (KDE). See below.
Unix - The grand-daddy of them all. Unix appeared sometime during/after 1969, and grew bit by bit into what it is now.
Linux - A "Unix-like" OS, started by Linus Torvalds in the early 1990s, which has become "really really Unix like" over the years.
Mint16 - Like Mint 17, only one version earlier.
Debian - Like Ubuntu, like Mint, Debian is a "distribution". As it happens, both Ubuntu & Mint are based on Debian.
Mint - See above
Gentoo - Another type of distro ("distribution"). No idea about this one.
Redhat - A deeply horrible distribution, best avoided. Unless you're a 'Hatter of course.
Suse - Yet another distribution. I forget what this one prides itself on.
"Yggdrasil" Linux - Another distro I assume.
Katya - I think that was a version of Mint?
cinnamon - Another "desktop environment" See below.
Desktop Environment - this is how you interact with the computer. How it looks, feels, how it responds to the mouse/keyboard, the borders & icons that surround programs, these are all provided by the "desktop environment". There are 4 of major note:
- Gnome - the most popular Linux desktop environment
- KDE - Another Linux one, but generally less popular. Loved by its fans, of course.
- Apple iOS - Yep, Apple Macs have a Desktop Environment too.... as does:
- MS Windows - Windows is just a desktop environment at the end of the day, with an OS jammed on the back of it.
HTH!
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