Current Problems with Linux

Linux is hard, it’s the truth. There are many aspects of it’s difficulty that are discussed on this site ranging from the command-line learning curve to hardware compatability. One that isn’t addressed however, is simply trying to understand what Linux is, and what to think of the different components that make up Linux.

An excerpt from CoolTechZone’s article Current Problems with Linux

…what in tarnation is a kernel? We can understand it if you tell us that Windows 95 is different from Windows 98, but what do you mean by saying that Fedora Core 3 is similar to Debian testing, but is better than Core 2. And of course, Mandrake 10.1 is better than 10.0, but SuSE is only on 9.2. All this gets very confusing after a while.

For those who are unfamiliar with different distributions (like Suse, Mandrake, Redhat, Gentoo, Mepis, Connectiva, Debian, Ubuntu, Linspire, Knoppix, Slackware, Damn Small Linux, etc.) check out DistroWatch.com