July 16th, 2008 by Justin

Since I won’t be working on this site much in the near future (going on leave in a few weeks) I though I could at least give some pointers on where to begin.

Linux as most people call it is actually called “GNU/Linux”. Linux its self is ONLY the kernel. This is the very base of any operating system. Windows, Mac OS or Linux all have a kernel (Even your iPod, Cell Phone etc etc etc) have kernels. In the case of Linux the kernel is over seen by Linus Torvolds from Sweden. It was a college project of his, and took off.

What you see now when you see “Linux” is a distribution. Distributions are a conglomerate of software pilled together to create a usable system for your computer. The distribution I choose to use is Ubuntu Linux. It has proven to be the lazy man’s Linux for me. It installs pretty much hassle free (Still have a few wireless issues) and runs well on older machines (not quite PII old, but close). There are literally HUNDREDS of distributions to choose from, and this is why I’m writing this little post. To help the “Noob”.

If you want to see some of the most popular distributions and read a little bit about them give http://www.distrowatch.com a try.

July 6th, 2008 by Justin

Although it doesn’t always go the way it is supposed to, this site is basically for Linux users. I try to post a few things I’ve done with Linux or in Linux in the hopes I can help someone that is experiencing the same issues.