Which style best suits the beginner Linux , FREEBSD or Solaris?

Question

I am a newbie and I wish to install such a distribution which really helps the beginner learn what original UNIX is and used to be. Now I am confused because people usually start off with Fedora but in my heart I wish to start off with Oracle Solaris or Openindiana instead of freebsd or linux. Can you guide me what would suit me the best to actually learn what UNIX is?

thanks

Answer 1

Hi, maybe try freebsd->linux->then solaris.

and if you want to know what UNIX is, then you need to search wikipedia.

Thanks.

Answer 2

Mepis or Slax. Linux has the most forgiving kernel for a newbie, so NO. Do NOT install a different kernel yet. I've literally played with OpenIndiana recently and the glory days of Solaris were ten years ago.



Actually, I don't know where you are coming from: most of the people I know who are starting fedora are just starting to realize there is more to Linux than Ubuntu. It's a little funny and pathetic to hhear Fab from Linux Outlaws (who just switched from Ubuntu) goikng through what I did in 2001 when I switchedfrom slackware. I'm back on slackware now, by the way.



MEPIS is the best Linux period:



http://www.mepis.org/



A distro based on Dabian, as Ubuntu is, it's a finely tuned and crafted piece of engineering wizardry.



An alternative is slax:



http://www.slax.org/



Which is very newbie friendly but will guide you through learning a lot.



Whatever distro you have or use check out this page:



Notice it says Unix/Linux. Try the commands: most of them should work and you will learn a lot because Linux is juust the kernel of an operating system created to run Unix programs.



If you MUST try BSD then looka this:



http://www.dragonflybsd.org



Burn it to a dvd and try it outu. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK THOUGH. To run root commands in BSD you MUST be a member of group wheel. Now ifs ands and buts. If you ain't in group wheel even root's password on't let you run its commends. That is final. There are other little gotchas.

Answer 3

"I wish to install such a distribution"



You do NOT have to install Solaris to see if it's compatible with your hardware, and see if you like it or not. Get the 'Live CD' from:



Repeat for FreeBSD, OpenIndiana, etc. Then, look at Linux MINT 10, the best choice for 'Windows Switchers' who want to try LINUX, instead.



TIP: ONLY after you find a Distro you're happy with, read the online documentation to learn how to install it properly. Do NOT skip this CRITICAL step or you could destroy your Windows installation!

Answer 4

Original Unix? Unix is still available.



Beginner? Linux Mint or Ubuntu.

Answer 5

nicely, abode windows and mac are the two titans in OS. in spite of the actuality that abode windows are carriers to viruses, they're relatively person-friendly to do away with and look after your self from as long as you shop as much as this element and test while mandatory. On mac's behalf, all and sundry says mac is "virus unfastened." that's no longer the case in any respect. The viruses that mac has thoroughly injury the computer and make it crash, which makes you lose multiple powerful archives. i admire linux ubuntu, in spite of the incontrovertible fact that that's limited to gaming and all the different classes because's a unfastened OS and, nicely, linux. I recommend you duel boot linux and abode windows. that's what I do. :D

Answer 6

I would go for PC-BSD for regular use, and FreeBSD to learn and experiment with. PC-BSD is a prepackaged FreeBSD for noobs. It is FreeBSD with everything done for you.





http://www.pcbsd.org/ <---------For Beginners

http://www.freebsd.org/ <---------For Advance users