Red Hat, instead of Morphix/Knopix, and why

every now and then on here i see people asking about what version of Linux to learn. so i am posting what i think i have desided for others to think about and comment on.

I think I am going to go with Red Hat instead of trying to jack with Morphix(allot like Knopix)

reason being there are TONS of versions of linux,
but i think red hat is in the most widely used, with network big companies and all that, maybe it isn't the MOST used but it is widely used and i hears it is one of the better.

so asks myself, i am going to spend all this time learning a version of linux, that isn't the mainstream one?

I would rather go through the extra effort now and learn red hat
so that it is a more usable skill. see what i am saying?

 

You might want to install Fedora instead, and it really doesn't matter if you install something 'mainstream' or not, the things that are Fedora/RH specific are usually completely useless (well something things are not, ie. apt-get for Debian, pkgtool for slack, ports for *BSD, etc. but these are small thigns), the things that are important are usually the things that span all distros, networking, security, kernel crap, general configuration, etc. Personally I don't feel Fedora is gonna give you a very good feel because it limits you with automatic networking, it's own kernel hacks so that it makes it more complex to do kernel stuff, security, don't know about that, never checked that out, I guess they don't install wu-ftpd anymore Still probably sendmail

 

it was beaten, but i wouldn't say to death. you are referring to the thread "linux ?" started by dwjj and his insane avatar ??

i think your only post on that thread was one where you were upset about that thread allso, with slightly a less attitude than this one.

i don't see the problem with talking about a subject more than once? the way things are worded are different, who posts what is defferent, and there is often new info. for instance i didn't know red hat was being discontinued(**), and i learned that here, something not talked about in the previous thread. it makes sense to suggest it if you don't know it is being discontinued.

so maybe not red hat, but i think the point of my previous post is valid. there are leading versions of Linux and Morphix / Knopix aren't them.
i don't think discussion of linux happens so often it is crowding out the software board. and if people are contributeing to it, then and discussing it, doesn't that validate it?

(** i read these articles on Red Hat)
http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/10/23/1156204.shtml?tid=17
http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/11/03/1657205.shtml
http://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/001245.php

 

i said "there are leading versions of Linux and Morphix / Knopix aren't them. " based on what i had heard from several other people in the past, maybe this is wrong but on the url you put up http://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
these 10 most populair are as the site itself says

"These distributions are listed in order of popularity on DistroWatch, which is NOT an indication of their market share or quality. As always"

Knopix is # 6, Debian GNU/Linux is # 3,

red hat, (which is what i was saying i would learn over knopix due to populairity) is #2

i am not sure what you mean by "unstable branch of debian linux" (click on the link you have on -unstable- but couldn't get a quik answer from that.)
knopix is debian based (your url says) but is listed as a seperate version alltogether at #6 in populairity

now i am green_newbie, so this is scary but.....lets keep the attacks on my posts comeing, it is makeing me do more research which is allways good.

 

that is all fine and good, and i never said anything to the contrary

i had said
*1-"there are leading versions of Linux and Morphix / Knopix aren't them. "

to which you said
*2-"The distro behind Knoppix/Morphix is the unstable branch of Debian Linux, which is the second most popular Linux distribution for servers.

An overview of the 10 major distros:
http://www.distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major"

i took this statement as a contradiction, and saying i was incorrect with statement *1 (which may or may not be true, but i beleived it to be true at the time of post based on what i have heard others say)

so useing your distrowatch.com link i looked at how that site rated things to see that , Knoppix is at #6, (Morphix not even listed but it is a striped down version of Knoppix (so i read) so that doesn't mean much) and Debian GNU/Linux is # 3
red hat sits at #2,
this site supports the subject of this thread, and my statement (see *1).......


i am understanding why you are saying that Knoppix is worth knowing, because Debian Linux is a big main stream server OS, moreso (maybe) than Red Hat.

an interesting thing about red hat though, i read this stuff about it being discontinued (as Major Attitude so nicely pointed out) but at the same time, it seems like i see lots of stuff on it still, like it is very populair and widely used. so i wonder what exactly this means, i mean if lots of people love it and it is doing well, why discontinue it.

I read the statement (on another chat board) "Looks like they are abandoning freeware Linux and going to Red Hat Enterprise Linux only."

i will have to read up on what the differance is, because if Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is pretty much the same things as the Freeware freeware (only it cost money) then this mean nothing as far as what is comeing up in the world and on it's way out. does this make sense?