Linux's Distributions

The Big Ones

In the last post I talked about Ubuntu, a distribution of Linux, but... What is a distribution? In this post I'm going to talk about that.

Debian, Slackware and RedHat are the three more important distributions, from them, all the distribution now existing are based from them (Ubuntu is based on Debian). To not get involved in complicated stuff you don't give a *insert a kind word here*, the main difference between them is the way they manage the files and the graphical user interface they use for the system. Also, there are "distros" that aren't based in any of these but directly from the Linux Core.

As I said before, Linux is free, you can take the source code and modify it as you please. Of course... you need a bunch of knowledge, skills, pacient, imagination (and probably more things I don't have at all) in order do to something like that (in case you thought it was an easy task, just saying). 

Whenever someone modifies Linux a new distribution rises and if someone takes that distribution and makes another one, the tree starts to grow. Nowadays, I can't tell how much distributions are (I wonder if there is someone who knows exactly how many are out there). These distributions could be made by just one person or a whole community where each person contributes with one line of code at least (like Ubuntu), towards a specific system functionality: 

• General purpose (a little of everything).
• A system full focused on multimedia.
• A system focused on old-PC revival.
• A system focused on new users.
• A system for an entreprise environment.
• Servers.
• Network hacking and more things beyong your imagination.

It's nice to have such amount of options but actually, is better to not know a lot because you'll be like me: trying and falling in love over and over again (You should remember the last post). Actually i have fell in love like four times, if they were girls this post wouldn't even exist, but it's a beatiful thing, to fall in love with... Linux... distrib...  ... nevermind.

In my experience, I would recommend you to try these loves of mine distributions:

• Puppy: Why wouldn't you want a puppy? 

This distro is the lightest OS I have ever seen (just 100 MB). Based directly from the Linux Kernel.

• LXLE: Nice name tho. 

This one is based on Lubuntu, that is based on Ubuntu (Nice name too... isn't it?)

• Zorin OS: Pretty much Windows-like.

It's... beautiful.

I'll be talking about 'em in future posts, you'll find all of them shares one purpose: bringing back to life those lonely and abandoned old PCs. That's why I like 'em.

P.D.: I'll leave THIS here and walk away slowly. (Try to find the previous distros)

Ubuntu

Linux's most popular distribution is named Ubuntu. Personally, It was the first Linux I met and... you'll think I'm weird but it was love at first sight... talking about Linux's distributions and I'm going to explain why.

Ubuntu has a "Live CD" feature that allows you to try the system without installing it on your computer so you can experiment with the system without thinking about if you are going to ruin your PC because everything is loading in RAM memory, which evaporates when you turn off your computer. This was very interesting and new for me and I got excited having a completely functional system, with essential installed software like Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser), LibreOffice (Microsoft Office's equivalent) and a CD/DVD Burner, things that most people commonly uses in a Windows computer. I got those things along with a friendly graphic interface and, most importantly, SPEED. 

You could get even a blue screen issue in Windows trying to do what you can do three times in ubuntu, I laughed so hard using this system at my own that I liked that much for installing it natively in my home's PC. My brother got bother, by the way. I used it all days because I could do what a common person does in Windows (Facebook, Web Surfing) but FASTER.

But something was missing... GAMES. There are a few games on "Linux's AppStore" (Ubuntu Software Center) but they aren't so good so I started researching how to play Windows's games in Linux... aaaaaaaand I GOT IT, I could play League of Legends in Ubuntu, of course not as well as in Windows but... I COULD...  after that i started to move system settings and trying to install the driver of my graphics card aaaaaaaaaandd.. i screwed up the system, but... well... that's a way of learning, screwing things up, i just installed it again and did it right.

Anyway, Ubuntu is an easy-to-use operating system but If you want to go beyond the easy you need to research a bit and fall in love with the command line.

You should try it!

Ubuntu's Official Page - Remember... It's FREE!

Ubuntu's Desktop

Page's Introduction

Hello everybody, my name is Jorge Romero, I'm coursing module 13 in AL9 group at CELEX Los Mochis. I have been asked to create a blog in order to evaluate this module. Therefore, I'm going to be posting about something I find interesting and I like so much: Linux.

Worldwide, the operating system found in almost every computer is Microsoft Windows, at home, at school and nowadays, who doesn't have a PC with any version of Microsoft Windows installed on it? But most of us (I think) know Windows isn't a free software, you need to pay for it, but... sincerely, you only buy this operating system when buying a laptop or PC has the system installed already. Usually, we send our machines to someone who knows how to install it, someone who has downloaded it from Internet in an illegal way or if we know how to, we install it on our own. Besides, even a bunch of software has to be bought too, but we still have them for free, the best example for this is Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and Powerpoint, essential software in our life.

Did you know that there are COMPLETELY FREE alternatives for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office? Some of them are even better.

I'm here to introduce you to Linux. I guess you should probably heard of it once. GNU/Linux (conventionally named just "Linux") is a free operating system product of the Linux core, developed by Linus Torvalds and GNU operating system, developed by Richard Stallman. This software is under the GPL (General Public License) created by Richard Stallman that allows you to make use of it, for whatever you want and as long as you want. Along this blog I'm going to be writing about this amazing and free world.

Tux: Linux's pet