mod2max
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I know this isn't an important question but one I'd like clearing up, as I cannot seem to find the answer for my self. As google will tell you... you ask a dumb question, you get a dumb answer.
I've just started using Linux... today! I've got openSUSE 11.4 with the KDE4 GUI.
But what I'd really like to know is how to sift through the whats seems like millions of versions of linux there are out there.
So from the ground up how is a Linux distribution put together? My first n00bish guess what be (Kernel = Linux Version. X [] Package = Debian, Slackware, etc etc [] GUI = GNOME, KDE, etc etc) *The kernal is Linux, right?* but then as far as I can see you get other packages built on top of existing packages so for example Ubuntu is built on Debien... is that right? Which would make it Debien 'Ubuntu' much like Windows '95' or Windows '7' etc.
Thats how I look at it, as I see you can change the kernal version and GUI in openSUSE, also whats the deal with the different boot loaders when you're installing openSUSE for example? I know they have different options between them (I'm using GRUB) but what the deal with there being so many? Is there any difference in apperence before the splash screen, or do you select the boot loader depending on what you what want to do? Like multi boot with Windows etc.
These question will get less stupid (and less vague) as I start to understand more about what I'm talking about.
Cheers to anyone who can help
I've just started using Linux... today! I've got openSUSE 11.4 with the KDE4 GUI.
But what I'd really like to know is how to sift through the whats seems like millions of versions of linux there are out there.
So from the ground up how is a Linux distribution put together? My first n00bish guess what be (Kernel = Linux Version. X [] Package = Debian, Slackware, etc etc [] GUI = GNOME, KDE, etc etc) *The kernal is Linux, right?* but then as far as I can see you get other packages built on top of existing packages so for example Ubuntu is built on Debien... is that right? Which would make it Debien 'Ubuntu' much like Windows '95' or Windows '7' etc.
Thats how I look at it, as I see you can change the kernal version and GUI in openSUSE, also whats the deal with the different boot loaders when you're installing openSUSE for example? I know they have different options between them (I'm using GRUB) but what the deal with there being so many? Is there any difference in apperence before the splash screen, or do you select the boot loader depending on what you what want to do? Like multi boot with Windows etc.
These question will get less stupid (and less vague) as I start to understand more about what I'm talking about.
Cheers to anyone who can help
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