On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 at 19:39, Jaypee B Molina wrote:
> pero kung katulad kong isang newbie sa linux, pag gumaling ako, pwede
> rin akong maging isang contributor sa linux development?
Why wait until you're good? You can start now! Aside from Linux
development per se, you can also help by helping fellow newbies out in
learning the ropes of this relatively new OS (although not quite new, we
just celebrated Linux's 10th birthday recently).
You may be interested in this article entitled "A Linux development call
to arms",
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2811809,00.html>.
> kaya pala mabilis ang updates sa linux.... linux users all over the
> world ba naman ang nagtutulungan e.... and some manufacturers are also
> giving their full support sa linux... kaya pala linux is a very
> fast-growing operating system
That's one side of the coin. The other is the philosophy behind the
development of Linux and most Linux-based applications. It's called Open
Source, and hence we have "free as in speech" software. Life is about
sharing, and about being able to do just about anything with what you've
got.
Because the source code of stuff like the Linux kernel and most
Linux-based applications are available, users around the world who are
interested in their software can not just twiddle with it, but can help
find bugs. There's nothing like having an army of coders and debuggers who
do things with vigor and passion. Money isn't everything, and Linux has
shown and continues to show us that there is a place in this world for
true freedom. ;>
> kaya redhat at mandrake lang ang pinag-aaralan ko ngayon dahil itong
> dalawa daw ang pang beginners.... totoo ba yon???? may i know why????
This is going to be a tough one. RedHat and Mandrake, especially Mandrake
I've noticed since I started selling Linux CDs, are very popular with
newbies. I started using Linux with RedHat 5.2, and I was pretty happy
with it. It was a great way to start learning. I migrated to Debian for a
lot of reasons, but honestly wouldn't call it a for-newbies distribution.
Not that it's difficult. Make no mistake. Debian has helped me maintain my
systems and I continue to stand by it. But it's not quite as gooey
(GUI-based) as Mandrake and RedHat. And this is actually one of the
reasons why I enjoy using it.
RedHat and Mandrake are not the only distributions that aim at making
themselves newbie-friendly, though. I hear SuSE is great, and supposedly
Progeny Debian has also done some work on making Debian "easier" for
newbies.
> and what's the difference between redhat,mandrake compared to suse,
> slackware, etc....????
They're distributions. They differ mostly in their packaging and package
management. Because of the lack of standards, we also see certain
differences like how they handle configuration and how they handle
starting up of applications (slightly different rc.d scripts).
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