Dear Sabir: Bill has a point which you should understand as you expand your learning in the Linux community. Understand that Linux, just like any other sharing of human interests will be rife with different opinions, strategies and even approaches.
Having said that please allow me to point out that your difficulty really is not acquiring what is the "best" linux, but understanding that your challenge may be more fundamental. I could be wrong but so far, you've presented the image of being like someone who admires cars or motorcycles and their appearance/design. Such a person may read the latest magazines and perhaps has become familiar enough to appreciate the names Ducati or Lamborghini and has even considered acquiring a model. The problem is this individual hasn't gained sufficient skill or experience to meet the full capacity of what these vehicles can do. So this is precisely the point and the reason why although the person may acquire the "best" -- it cannot perform at it's full capacity or potential. Also it may be that with such a tool this same person can become a danger to himself and others. The danger regarding cars and motorcycles are obvious; the danger regarding technology also exists however it is in the form of people not examining more carefully the technology they are utilizing from a direct and disciplined and well informed effort -- therefore the net is flooded with spam, viruses and all kinds of stuff which a can be decreased significantly with better awareness and responsible active choices regarding the technologies one uses -- including the options implemented on the part of each person within those hardware/software technologies. Suggestion: Let's assume your interest and drive to learn Linux is there. Consider the concept of the "best" in the context of "the best for what and what skills one has versus what skills one still needs to acquire". Seen in this view, the challenge is not just yours, but really belongs to everyone. The field and technology available from within nearly any distribution of Linux/Unix is so vast you may as well have walked into a math class and asked, "What mathematics is best?" In Linux, as in mathematics, all methods from all the areas of math ranging from arithmetic forward have a method or approach which is valuable in resolving simple and the most complex solutions. All the distributions of Linux and Unix are that way. You could make an interesting argument or exploration into the differences of computer processors. Understanding that distinction could be useful in understanding a bit deeper how a Linux distribution deeply tied or involved with advanced processing within and for the Cell differs with work involved and focused on Intel processors. That's a question worth exploring, and again using one processor versus another depends on what work or exploration one is doing. There is Linux which runs on Intel and there is Linux which runs on the Cell. YDL has always been exclusively andsimilar deeply involved in running on the Cell; the company, TSS, which produces YDL has always been in the forefront of the Cell, and related processors known as the PowerPC family. Suse Linux, like many others, began with having their version of Linux support Intel first. For them, supporting PowerPC based computers was a venture they entered into after their own version for Linux which run on Intel was complete and successful. The pattern however remains the same -- fixes and releases for their Intel based Linux first, and then later fixes and releases for their PowerPC version. There have been even versions of Linux, Ubuntuu among them which attracted a very wide following first by supporting Linux for Intel and PowerPC and then later after they developed a nearly cult like following ... dropped support for the PowerPC based systems. So understand that history has already demonstrated that companies vary their support according to their respective interests and what they have decided their primary product to be. There are solid and dedicated companies which provide solid releases for both PowerPC and Intel, but you'll have to learn who they are on your own. In human expertise however, the specialist in one area -- alone -- has always had the primary position - in the Sciences and in History and in Art in nearly all societies. There are too many clear examples of this expressed throughout nearly all human societies since human recorded history began. TSS is a specialist for the Cell and the PowerPC family of systems. One definition above the more common term "best" -- is the term called superior. As specialists, the TSS team are definitely superior. There are plenty of places on the web where you could begin learning about Linux. Depending on your preference picking up a text on Linux System Administration is a good beginning. Progressing further to learn the difference between servers and clients and their respective services, etc. is an advantage. Then if you are interested in programming and so on, formal academic training involving the computer and mathematical sciences will definitely be very helpful. Taking the time so that one's learning expands and grows in a sensible manner in all these areas will be a strong approach towards mastery. Just remember that no matter how long and involved the task of learning appears, no human begins by knowing. All knowledge is learned, and that is encouraging for anyone because whatever another has learned there is always potential for anyone with sufficient effort and discipline to learn similarly. All the best... On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 15:09 -0700, sabir abbassi wrote: > i was just making sure because i havent used linux i am a beginner i > dont know much about linux! > ================== Lakota Sioux saying: Mitakuye Oyasin Translation: We are all related.
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