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 Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:53 pm
I like to go through and read some posts, just to see if i can pick up some extra info... but i soon quite after i didnt know what you all meant... So maybe just a vocab traslator (put it into lamen terms).
Such as, whats a distro?
Whats the different kinds of Linux?
Whats the different from free and the costing version on Linux?
Is Linux just a general for a whole buch of sub-catagories OS type???
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:19 pm
Can you copy and paste some of the terms you don't understand and I will see what can be done
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 1:22 am
Yea try to post stuff and we will try to explain it to you. (can you fix the title to Linux razz )
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:05 am
(fixed, you should have been able to fix it GodFly just by clicking the edit button and changing it that way)
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:01 pm
Of course one trip to the wiki can answer pretty much every question, and explain almost everything, because the wiki knows all 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:55 pm
vendion (fixed, you should have been able to fix it GodFly just by clicking the edit button and changing it that way) sorry about that... thats when i was still extreemly new and didnt now anything, now i know more, like how to spell LINUX! biggrin Well, to this day, i still dont understand what a distro is...
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:41 am
distro is distribution short
Ubuntu, SuSE, Gentoo, Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, ...
this are all diffrent distros. So I hope I have explaind a bit what a distro is.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:19 am
Distro is short for distribution, which is like a different flavor of Linux, depending on the group that's developing and...distributing them. While they all share the same Linux kernel, there are differences between them, some more so than others. For example, there are different packages "types" across distros. Debian and its offshoots (eg, the Ubuntus) use .deb packages, whereas Redhat and its current incarnations (Mandriva/Mandrake) use .rpm.
That's just one example (the only good one I can think of at the moment) and the lines can be blurry, especially as one gets to distributions that are based on earlier ones. I guess the best way to think of it as a bunch of left shoes--they'll all fit on your left foot, but your sneaker isn't the same as a high heel or combat boot.
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:10 pm
Annalixa Distro is short for distribution, which is like a different flavor of Linux, depending on the group that's developing and...distributing them. While they all share the same Linux kernel, there are differences between them, some more so than others. For example, there are different packages "types" across distros. Debian and its offshoots (eg, the Ubuntus) use .deb packages, whereas Redhat and its current incarnations (Mandriva/Mandrake) use .rpm. That's just one example (the only good one I can think of at the moment) and the lines can be blurry, especially as one gets to distributions that are based on earlier ones. I guess the best way to think of it as a bunch of left shoes--they'll all fit on your left foot, but your sneaker isn't the same as a high heel or combat boot. Same things but different makers. Thanks, it really helped!
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Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:10 pm
But where i was going with this is that without your explanation of all of this, i would of had to of asked, and you would have to type two paragraphs of info about this... When you could just type it once and say " Go here," for whoever asks in the future.... so i guess i am asking for a sub-forum that says Linux for dummies, and within there, have a dictionary, explanations,videos, and ect.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 7:40 am
A "Linux for Dummies" subforum? I see where you are going with this, so some of the things you want to add in it are your questions in your first post Quote: Such as, whats a distro? Whats the different kinds of Linux? Whats the different from free and the costing version on Linux? Is Linux just a general for a whole buch of sub-catagories OS type??? In order to make it helpful we will need a list of things that we need to add to it, more than those four questions. I'll go ahead and get a subforum started but if those are the only four questions that get put in it then I will close it and move them to a topic.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:20 am
O_O i was so happy when i saw it, lol, what i will do (the noob) i will go through and whenever i have a question about something I will just ask it here for the subforum. thanks! What is a Distro? (maybe list several distro, and the link to the quiz to see which one is best for you) What is open source? ~What is a partition, and what does it do? ~What is Wine? ~What is a server? ~Whats an OS? ~What is BSOD? ~Why Linux? Whats so bad with Microsoft? ( maybe a link to my paper i wrote if you feel its acurate enough) ~Is Linux safer? ~What is Beryl? Maybe history questions? I dunno, up to you? ~Who started Linux? ~How did Tux come to be? ~Who is Tux? (lol, i have heard, "Hes that penguin dude!!!"
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:32 am
Zher O_O i was so happy when i saw it, lol, what i will do (the noob) i will go through and whenever i have a question about something I will just ask it here for the subforum. thanks! What is Wine? What is a Distro? (maybe list several distro, and the link to the quiz to see which one is best for you) What is a partition, and what does it do? What is a server? What is open source? Maybe history questions? I dunno, up to you? Who started Linux? How did Tux come to be? Who is Tux? (lol, i have heard, "Hes that penguin dude!!!" Ok well I will get started on your questions, and feel free to PM me more if you need to.
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:45 am
vendion Zher O_O i was so happy when i saw it, lol, what i will do (the noob) i will go through and whenever i have a question about something I will just ask it here for the subforum. thanks! What is Wine? What is a Distro? (maybe list several distro, and the link to the quiz to see which one is best for you) What is a partition, and what does it do? What is a server? What is open source? Maybe history questions? I dunno, up to you? Who started Linux? How did Tux come to be? Who is Tux? (lol, i have heard, "Hes that penguin dude!!!" Ok well I will get started on your questions, and feel free to PM me more if you need to. lol, i added more to the original post
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:47 am
vendion Zher O_O i was so happy when i saw it, lol, what i will do (the noob) i will go through and whenever i have a question about something I will just ask it here for the subforum. thanks! What is Wine? What is a Distro? (maybe list several distro, and the link to the quiz to see which one is best for you) What is a partition, and what does it do? What is a server? What is open source? Maybe history questions? I dunno, up to you? Who started Linux? How did Tux come to be? Who is Tux? (lol, i have heard, "Hes that penguin dude!!!" Ok well I will get started on your questions, and feel free to PM me more if you need to. Some of your answers to these questions can be found in the History of Linux topic, its a lot of reading to do but once your done you'll be happy you read it.
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