Why learn Linux?
Why learn Linux, everyone has their own reasons:
Linux is free and costs nothing and can save an enormous amount of cost;
Linux is open source, you can according to their own needs to modify the source code;
Linux is open, there is extensive community discussion about Linux is much higher than the windows operating system;
learn Linux can better grasp of computer technology;
Linux is the future trend of development, many servers, mobile phones, PDAs, tablets are using the Linux operating system;
there are a lot of Linux distributions, you can make a different choice according to need;
Linux lets you have one more choice, and the virus under Linux compared Window negligible;
Linux is a philosophy of freedom, an open-source religion ;
Finally, Linux is fun, fascinating .......
What Linux can do?
The world's fastest supercomputers than 90% are using Linux or similar operating system, Linux instructions fast speed;
and stripped-down Linux (such as LFS) estimates are also particularly suitable for older machines up;
if you've heard of Android, you'll know that Linux will be widely used tablets and mobile phones;
if you have experienced Chorme OS, Google doc, or WebQQ, you will feel a little imitation Linux operating mode;
there are a lot of software generally exhibit class -Unix version before the Window version;
under a lot of Linux software is cross-platform, otherwise it is not a Window;
Linux advantages on the Web, will also be in WebOS, the cloud era fully burst .......
How to choose Linux?
There are thousands of Linux choice for you to pick and choose which one based entirely on the hardware configuration of your machine, the requirements of stability, work and learning needs, and computers using the Linux operating level, or fashionable hobbies, etc. .
First according to their own hardware, your hardware is 32-bit you can not also installed 64-bit, you are old machine, do not force to experience the latest version of KDE, otherwise tortured, not only to Xinyou but also to force enough job.
The second application platform to see what you are doing, do of course want to select a stable server server version; PC hardware and software technical support selection of newer latest stable version, test developers can choose the forefront of unstable version; the old machine was originally selected beginning of LFS or older version;
The third is how to select the desktop environment, this is like wearing clothes, hardware is your economic capacity, good hardware can wear new clothes and luxurious clothes, such as KDE, Gnome, Unity, bad hardware can only wear Xfce, Lxde, then the difference between the DC Boxes wear Blackbox like, and the operating conditions of about 2000 lines of code. Of course, the clothes you wear, there is still a matter of personal preference, anyway, under the same conditions, wear more simple, run the faster. In short all Linux distributions, the kernel is the same, but the difference between old and new, different only in the so-called has been configured and optimized for different hardware; for different groups of people do not like to wear the same clothes (desktop environment + software); provide for different professionals in different software packages (educational Eubuntu, GIS's Poseiden, CAD's CAELinux, etc.); different development software configuration management software and library updates; the last is its own design concept and philosophy of each version is not the same . Radish eggplant depicting love, you can go to this site DistroWatch contrast pick their favorite Linux. Individuals tend Gnome desktop environment, limited to the current technologies and comparing, I chose to install Ubuntu on a laptop, at least some of Ubuntu is indeed faster than Opensuse, and most users, software, and community resources are relatively abundant, which will help beginners. Also choose a desktop installed mint-xfce-debian-201104 This updated version of Debian Testing of rolling, she combines mint simplicity and enhanced rollover way Debian pure freedom and my most favorite. In fact, so much talk about the fur is Linux, Linux's advantage is not in its number of versions, of course, the right to choose is a very important advantage, but personally think the biggest advantage is that you dig the same from among these different: for example, the same the core of the system; almost all operations can be done through Terminal; different versions of the same software, these are common, but also really want to learn. So the process of learning Linux, the next step is the key, that is, to learn professional related software, skilled application; grasp a "artifact" level editor, such as VIM; continuously improve programming technology, and enjoy the idea of free software and spread .......