Information about Linux (and its versions) for beginners

[veiledcavalier]

elsalam alykom ,

i am new to linux i don't know any thing about it i just went to linux.org ,
but i don't know what i should download.
i read smthing like rehat... does linux has kinds?

plz help

thanks alot

 

[alicia8283]

new to linux

what you want to do with Linux? u want to use it? or?
Red Hat Linux was one of the Linux distributions

 

[shaikhsarfraz]

Re: new to linux

Hi,
Yeah Red Hat is a distribution for Linux.
Linux has many versions like Red Hat, Mandrake, Susse etc.
You can download any one of these.

Thanks
Shaikh Sarfraz

 

[ivar4ever]

Re: new to linux

An excellent guide for beginers.
go thru the site www.tldp.org, stands for The Linux Documentation Project.
h**p://www.tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/intro-linux.pdf

 

[veiledcavalier]

Re: new to linux

yes i want use it as an operating system like windows.

which is the newest version of linux? are they different like windows xp,xp sp2....?

thanks alot

 

[Anno]

new to linux

Ok, I think you should read the documents that ivar4ever provided. Linux has many different distrobutions, lets say you have xp from company A, xp from company B etc...
So depending on what you want from you distrobution, you choose your linux. You can even create your own linux and call it the veiledcavalier-linux
The newest distrobutions are available from the websites of the "companies" that distribute the linux. Like Mandriva, Fedora Core, Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Gentoo etc... there are about +-450 official linux releases, not gonna name them all.

 

[shaikhsarfraz]

Re: new to linux

Hi,
If you want a windows like linux, I mean good GUI Linux, than try Fedora 9 or 10.
Those are quite similar to windows in terms of GUI.

Thanks
Shaikh Sarfraz

 

[adi_gupta19]

Re: new to linux

begining redhat linux 9

linux for dummies etc are also other few good books to start with

these books can be downloaded from flazx.com or ebooksclub.org