Linux Kernel In A Nutshell

[Ham Blowfist]

Thought some of you guys/gals might be interested in a little light reading.

(this was on Digg a few days ago, so you may already be aware)

Here's a link if you're interested:

http://www.kroah.com/lkn/

[martymas]

ive just been into the site and all that

jargon is way beyond me

and i should say

ninety percent of the users

one of the problems with linux is its

complex

usage

the reason windows is popular

is how easy it is to use

have have a 10 year granddaughter

who knows it from back to front

and all school children

can use it

know way is that the case with linux

apart from me and the posters who post to the this forum

it has taken me 4 years to come to grips with linux

and only because i use ubuntu

which now is avaliable to the wider public

so your post is ok for the linux interlectuals

but to us mugs

it is a link full of jargon

i didnt understand one word of it

and as anew linux user

i need some thing i can understand

marty

[iccaros]

Linux is simple (kde, GNOME) it just people are tought windows, your Granddaughter knows Windows because that is all she has been tought, but there was a time she did not know windows.

My 5 year old and my 8 year old use Linux, BSD, Mac osx, Solaris and windows

with zero problems..

they have no preference as they have not been tough that using windows is using computers. They use each as I don't let them install anything, I do that

in each they click the picture and run the program

all do that just the same.

That said this link is not for new users or users at all, its for developers and system admins.. thats why it has so much "jargon"

[jcl]

My 5 year old and my 8 year old use Linux, BSD, Mac osx, Solaris and windows

with zero problems..

We had dozens of older kids using Solaris -- with CDE! -- with few problems. No training, minimal tech support, not even a real user's manual.

[iccaros]

my SunRays uses the Common Desktop Environment with Trusted Solaris 8

They also have no problem.

I think that because these systems do not come preinstalled (except Solaris but that is not for most people's use) and they must install Linux it becomes hard or they think the entire thing is hard.

I challenge any of them to go to the store, buy the boxed version of Windows, and install it and see how "Easy" it is to find drivers, find and install all the software you may need and them install a boxed version of SUSE or Red Hat and tell me which is harder to do.