Linux

The reason why l like Linux so much is because you can do so much more with it than Windows or with a Mac. Now l know that some people will say that the Macs operating system is basically Linux, and on some basis l would agree, however Linux was originally designed to run on a PC, just like Unix and Windows, and it should stay that way. Although, with Apple turning to Intel to make there chipset, l can see OS X on PC's, and Windows, and Linux, on the Apple Mac, which won't be a first for Windows, who, as you probably already know, had Windows on the Power PC, and also have several packages migrated to the Mac OS, including MS Office, and Internet Explorer. Apple are trying to get the best of both worlds, by having a essentially Linux OS, coupled with Microsoft apps. I suppose you can't really blame them either.

My favourite distro of Linux is Red Hat, l think that its probably the best distro that's out there at the moment, although SuSe isn't bad either, but l prefer Red Hat. It just has a better look and feel about it. If I'm not mistaken, l think that its the oldest of all the Linux distro's out there, which, for me, gives it a clear advantage. I'd love to get my hands on the enterprise edition of Red Hat, but, unfortunately it would cost too much for me. Enterprise editions are the only Linux editions that you will have to pay for. Although these editions would have greater security features than standard Linux, the thing is that you also get the source code with standard Linux, therefore you could write in your own security measures into it so that it would meet your needs, or anything else for that matter either, which is a good thing for a programmer. He could stay up with the latest open sourced technology that there is, and it also might be able to migrate some of that knowledge over to his work, as well.

The only problem that l have with Linux is that it is been used a lot by hackers, and therefore has the reputation of been a hackers operating system. I can understand this, but the thing is that not all Linux users are Hackers, and not all Hackers are Linux users. I know a few hackers that use windows to hack from, they have written there own programs and integrate them into the OS, and hack away from there, (if your a computer person then you probably already know this), although a lot of the people that use windows, also use a knoppix disk, which is Linux on a CD. If you want to get into programming with Linux, then l advise starting with "Linux, Programming by Example; the fundamentals" by Arnold Robbins, ISBN 0-13-142964-7 (published by Prentice Hall). The book has recommended reading at the end of each chapter, so if you do read all of them then it should keep you going for a while.

I've started to listen to Linux Reality podcast as well. Its quite good, but the voice can be quite boring. But it's probably the best way to learn if your new to Linux, even if your not so new to Linux, then you might get something out of it as well. The handy thing about this podcast as well is that it will provide a lot of other resources as well, in that it will tell you of different websites, user tips, etc, etc.

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