fave distro and why |
fave distro and why |
Oct 3 2009, 12:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
Another version of fave distro and why. Im always distro shopping, and I have yet to ever find a fave.
yet to try freebsd. Is it still actually linux? not even sure what the deal with it is. |
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Oct 3 2009, 10:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
yet to try freebsd. Is it still actually linux? not even sure what the deal with it is. No, FreeBSD isn't Linux -- it's BSD Unix. To clarify, here's a brief run-down of the different (major) types of Unix-like operating systems:
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Oct 3 2009, 10:06 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
FreeBSD is BSD, which is the same kernel Mac OSX is based off of. It's pretty nice, but I still prefer the Linux kernel over the BSD kernel. BSD is like a middle ground between Linux and true UNIX.
In order from least UNIX like to most UNIX like, it goes like this: NT - some other kernels that aren't really used anymore, like BeOS and shit - DOS - Linux - BSD - UNIX Anyway, my favorite distro is probably Arch Linux. It's more of a power-user distro, but unlike Gentoo, you don't have to compile everything. |
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Oct 3 2009, 10:09 AM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
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Oct 3 2009, 10:24 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Well that contradicts nearly everything I've heard. I'm going to have to look into that.
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Oct 3 2009, 10:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
XNU: The Kernel (from an excellent book on the OS X kernel called Mac OS X Internals)
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Oct 3 2009, 01:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
now could someone explain what a kernel is?
Cj didnt you say your were basically re writing the windows kernel on a pc of yours? Im def gonna try bsd. It sounds like something I might like. Thanks for the run down. O and no one has answered my main question. haha. I think I dont have a prob with ubuntu I just dont want to be using the same distro as so many n00bs. debian vs. fedora? Downloading them both now. inb4 gentoofags |
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Oct 3 2009, 01:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Administrator Posts: 2,648 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 639,265 |
now could someone explain what a kernel is? A kernel is the low-level component of an operating system that basically manages hardware resources. It provides the bridge through which software talks to hardware. Typically a kernel interfaces with drivers to provide access to hardware, manages memory allocation, controls processes running on the machine, and that sort of thing. It's the only program on a computer that can run in supervisor mode on the processor, so it's the only program that has complete access to the machine's hardware. |
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Oct 3 2009, 07:26 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
now could someone explain what a kernel is? Cj didnt you say your were basically re writing the windows kernel on a pc of yours? Im def gonna try bsd. It sounds like something I might like. Thanks for the run down. O and no one has answered my main question. haha. I think I dont have a prob with ubuntu I just dont want to be using the same distro as so many n00bs. debian vs. fedora? Downloading them both now. inb4 gentoofags Debian beats fedora, easily. It will be a very easy change for someone who is used to Ubuntu or Mint, since they're both based off Debian. If you want to try something different, then Fedora. It's based off the other major distro, Red Hat. If you want a power user distro, then Arch is the way to go. If you're retarded and think compiling everything you want to install is fun, then go Gentoo. In my opinion, Gentoo is a very crippled distro. The only real advantage to it is it's security and scalability, which, despite popular belief, isn't much greater than even the most bloated mainstream distributions, like Mandriva or Suse. |
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Oct 4 2009, 12:04 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
I like bloated.
you know I have never gotten suse to work, on any pc. Ill try. I liked mandriva, but then it got uglier. |
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Oct 4 2009, 02:44 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
What reason could you possibly have to like bloated?
Full featured, sure, but bloated? |
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Oct 4 2009, 09:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
ok nvm. haha.
i was thinking along the lines of linux. but vista is bloated and doesnt have more features then xp. |
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