On 16Mar26:1059-0500, Steve Beaver wrote: > First of all I am first and foremost an zOS Systems programmer that only > writes in HLASM and REXX as needed. > > My goal is to learn Linux and then develop in Linux and then as needed port > it to zSeries box. That being said, > > - I am going to build a 64 Bit a box with 16 gig of memory and 8 Tb of > Storage and a DVD/RW. That is the easy > Part. > > Does anyone have any input on which version of Linux to purchase? I Know > SUSE has an enterprise 64 bit product? > > That is the sum and total of my knowledge of Linux.
Contact Rick Troth <[email protected]> about his source-based Linux distro for several platforms including x86 and Z. It is a build from scratch exercise and that will teach you the rock-bottom basics. However, you might find the definitive Linux From Scratch (LFS) distro better as it is primarily designed to teach people how to build a Linux system from the source (it's been a long time since you could do that with IBM's flagship OS). > Can anyone suggest an Editor besides VI, and which language to develop in on > a Linux Platform? It's one thing to learn language syntax. UNIX is not MVS. It's important to understand the why's of UNIX programming. Eric S. Raymond's masterpiece "The Art of UNIX Programming" at http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ will answer many, many questions, including the above. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
