OK, your first question is: What is Linux, what is the difference between it and UNIX?
Asking this question, most of you are still going to the laboratory when you are still in the big one, seeing a high-end student on a large-scale screen, you envy him, ask: "What is this computer?" Ah, so advanced? "And he didn't rather say," This is Unix ". Later, you know more, know that is a Sun workstation, running Solaris above, is UNIX. Now you have heard that Linux is also unix, what is going on?
Short Answer: Going to read, many Linux books on the street is to talk about their history and relatives.
Long Answer: Unix is a 20 or 30 years ago by several graduate students starting a large company to commercialize it. One go on two, it grows and occupies the market. At that time, it was only running on only university to buy one or two expensive machines. Later, there were more machines, the company is more, knowing more people, I will share it, and "UNIX" is due to legal relationships, no one can say that their operating system is "UNIX" and can only say "Unix compatible" The system. So now the "UNIX" system does not exist, existed is just a distant legend. So what are you Solaris, AIX, and IRIS now? All companies are commercial Unix on their hardware. These systems follow a quirky standard called POSIX, right, this standard, it is too many unstead of Unix, everyone's programming interface or even orders are different. So there is no way to discuss an agreement.
So what is linux? Linux is a UNIX compatible system based on PC (other platforms), which is not far from any other UNIX compatible system with UNIX. So if you have "Solaris is orthodox UNIX, Linux is just compatible" ideas, I am not wrong, at least you have to defeat the people who support AIX, they also think that AIX is orthodox UNIX. So using Linux you can learn about UNIX, which most of which can be used on other commercial UNIX. Of course, its core ideas are definitely the same. So only three years ago, only your doctor's counselor has the opportunity to learn in the laboratory, you can practice on the PC now. Is this not a very wonderful thing?
Second question: I want to install a Linux, which version, I have heard XXXLinux, YYYLINUX, and there is also a strong ZZZLinux that has been promoted in China. Which one is better?
First of all, you need to understand that Linux is not Windows, it is not a software maintained by a commercial company, only one packaging. Linux is something that can be configured freely. Any person, a company can follow his own ideas, such as adding a point, plus Chinese support, making a Linux coming out. These Linux although the core part is the same, the various software they have, are different from the default configuration. The difference is to use a Linux release (different Linux we call different releases) may have a hardware.
Various software is also installed, using another May, maybe quickly, and then a better support for Chinese. In short, there is no white-eating lunch. Of course, you will need you to stay up until you stay in Linux.
So from the beginning, you must be very careful, otherwise because you have just given a Linux release, you will start installing, wait for the hard disk data, or the network crying is also unabled. It's late. Not a joke, I know that the installation driver under Windows is a few mouse points, but in Linux, in order to drive a network card, it is not kind to the Night. Of course, I think this is worth it. So, in the face of so many Linux Distribution, which one should you choose?
More famous Linux Distribution is:
Redhat: Latest Version 6.2, 7.0Beta. Since Redhat has been listed, it has gained many business support, so it is very good in hardware software compatibility. It is actually a Linux industry standard. Imagine if you are a boss, such as Oracle, you need to develop a version for Linux, and different Linux DIST needs to be developed separately, and you will naturally only look for a Linux for cost.
SLACKWARE (7.1). Earlier, there is a lot of LINUX, there are many old faithful users, but now getting closer.
SUSE Linux, the Germans did it, and there are some drive advantages in Europe.
There are also DISTs such as Debian, Corellinux, and not introduced.
And you will see all kinds of "Chinese Linux" that are touched in the domestic media, and their advantages are mainly Chinese processing. But as mentioned in the previous article, I want to use Chinese, using Windows 2000. In fact, I think an old 7-character predecessor is very good to me: "(For us) I saw Chinese itself on the computer is a very weird thing." If you come to a learning computer, you can't avoid reading your English document. Even Microsoft's documentation, the latest documentation, the latest in English. Of course, to go on BBS, see Chinese webpage, etc., can do it in English.
As my personal (personal point of view, you don't have to believe me), I only use redhat, because I need it as an operating system to make me more quickly and learn how I want to learn, not with stupid network card, sound card struggle. Although these struggles are also very beneficial for learning Linux, but for a newcomer, if you can't install it, you can't configure it, how do you talk about how to learn? Again, this is only my own opnion, and i could be wroge.
In this series, I will surround RedHat 6.2. -
Qui Vult Dare Parva Non Debet Magna Rogare.
