How to Conquer the World for Linux 16818

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Thu, 23 Jun 2005 19:10:11 GMT

1 Linux is not a Unix, though this is a technical point. 2 It does not run on Intel processors only. 3 It is not administered similarly to branded Unix on any machine. There are a number of differences; for example, HP-UX has something called SAM, which among other things allows for kernel rebuilds (the source isn't available so this is mostly a relink) and such things as Ethernet configurations.

For those who are comfortable with Unix, it's wonderful. For those who are comfortable with Windows, it has its moments but ease of administration still has some issues to get over, mostly because of the over 100 methods of administration (one per distro).

While a lot of distros support such things as ifconfig, Xorg.conf, and ps on a text level, the graphical configurators are a little less straightforward than they should be.

Depends on the user; I find it quite suitable. Of course I program routinely in Java, C++, and to a lesser extent buttembler, and am familiar with such things as 'int $0x80' (though one need not be for actually using Linux, and in fact I rarely use that interrupt except when experimenting with some very esoteric stuff).

But this shouldn't dissuade the casual user any more than the NASCAR driver driving a car should put off the Sunday driver.

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