unix, linux, fedora, ubuntu, red hat, and debian…what else!?
ok all my life i have been a windows guy, all the way up from windows 95 that is… but i have recently been getting into linux with my boss who knows a lot about it but is just too confusing for me, and i dont think nodding to him helps because i know nothing about it… i recently built my first computer and am wanting to partition the hdd so i can put another os like linux or something on it… i just need help understanding the differences of each os, he has gotten me into ubuntu because that is what he uses and said is based on debian, and i am looking at fedora, which i guess is based on red hat…. please tell me the differences between them all and which is the better way to go for someone who wants to just use it to experiement with software and internet and school work… please help!
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Besides Unix and Linux, you just listed several different distributions of Linux. They all include packages that you can install with the Linux operating system. All have a few differences in the packages that they distribute but none of them are major to me. Most of it is different paint jobs and themes) but they are all are built on the same thing. So it should be a no brainier to move from one Linux distribution to the other.
Unix is the OS developed by bell labs in the 60′s that has been the model for which all OSes have tried to match.
Linux is the OS that was original developed by a guy in college (Linus Benedict Torvalds) to be a free version of Unix. In my opinion he began something that eventually matched Unix.
I want to also throw SUSE into the mix (http://www.opensuse.com). I would install windows first, and then install suse. At boot time it should give you a choice to start windows or Linux with the SUSE boot manager. I usually put both on separate computers. If you have a old computer that is just gathering dust, drop Linux on it.
Just install it and start digging in. In a few weeks you should be able to get the hang of it and do productive work.
Hope that helps
RJ