Picking a Distribution
Before you can do anything at all, you need to pick a Linux distribution. But first, what is a distribution? Linux is technically an operating system or kernel. For it to be useful, it requires other software packages that a user will interface with. This starts with a traditional userland, which has traditionally been the collection of command line utilities that have always been associated with Unix. In addition, there are network services, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), language compilers/interpreters, and many other kinds of software. Linux distributions bundle their own collection of software packages with versions of those packages that may be specific to the distribution. Distributions also package up software ...
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