Hi Mohit, Probably what you want to check is http://www.linux.org/docs/ There is a list of FAQs that can help: http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/index.html Mailing lists where you can post queries: http://www.linux.org/docs/lists.html [Hint: First link in google search "Linux distributions list"].
Lastly, it would be helpful for us if we use this mailing list for kernel related discussions and not for the distro and installation HOWTOs. -- Thanks, Nilesh > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:kernelnewbies- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Srdjan Todorovic > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 1:40 AM > To: mohit verma > Cc: kernelnewbies > Subject: Re: filesystem or database?? > > On 16 September 2010 20:58, mohit verma <[email protected]> > wrote: > > when we install any package (like in ubuntu) ,at end the > terminal shows > > "reading database" . the idea i got by my friend is that package > manager > > uses this database (like .deb or rpm). > > but my question is : everything in linux is a file so it(database > or files > > that it contains) must be placed somewhere in the filesystem.what > is the > > difference if i say that package manager accesses nothing but the > > filesystem ( obviously a part of it) and database of a system( > computer ) is > > nothing but the filesystem (part of it ) itself ? > > i mean: what differs between these two that imposes us to name > them > > differently? > > The database will probably be in a file (ie. Sleepycat db files), or > be made up of several files (IIRC this is like MySql). > > But I suspect this is not the best mailing list to discuss this - > seems more like general Linux systems use, or applications-level > development question. > > Regards, > Srdjan > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
