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sn3akyr4bb1t
May 3rd, 2009, 08:34 PM
My dad is in the Army and tells me about Linux. Once I get Visual down, I want to go to Linux, can you all tell me e brief summary on it's looks and difficulty?
incubus311
May 3rd, 2009, 09:39 PM
As a programming language? Or as the operating System?

http://www.linux.org/dist/
Nightwalker83
May 4th, 2009, 03:09 AM
As a programming language? Or as the operating System?

Unix is the programing language! Linux is the operating system.
gep13
May 4th, 2009, 04:54 AM
Unix is the programing language! Linux is the operating system.

Hey,

@NightWalker you might want to rethink your answer there:

UNIX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix

LINUX
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

As for the original question, am I right in thinking that by Visual, you are talking about Visual Studio? If you are learning to develop applications in Visual Studio you might want to have a look at mono (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page), which lets you deploy .Net Applications to a linux or mac operating system. In addition, if you are running linux as your operating system, you might consider using MonoDevelop (http://monodevelop.com/) which is an open source IDE that you can use.

Hope that helps!!

Gary
Nightwalker83
May 4th, 2009, 07:59 AM
Hey,

@NightWalker you might want to rethink your answer there:

Thanks, but as far as I know Linux is only an operating system not a programming language as incubus311 thought?
gep13
May 4th, 2009, 08:08 AM
Hey,

Linux is an operating system, I am not debating the fact, but the way your post in Post #3 reads is that you are stating that Unix is the programming language which is quite simply not the case, Unix is also an operating system.

Is this what you intended to write?

I think what incubus311 was trying to get at is what programming language does the OP want to use? Programming languages for Linux are very different to those that might be considered default for a Windows Environment, hence what I suggested the use of Mono.

Gary
sn3akyr4bb1t
May 4th, 2009, 07:51 PM
Oh, ok. So linux is the operating system like OS? (or is it Windows) Unix is the language?
Nightwalker83
May 4th, 2009, 08:11 PM
Is this what you intended to write?


I'm not sure! If there is a programing language that sounds similar to Unix then that is what I meant to type.

Oh, ok. So linux is the operating system like OS? (or is it Windows) Unix is the language?

Yes and no! Linux, Windows and Unix are all operating systems! My confusion in post #3 is because I keep thinking there is a programing language that begins with a "u" and has "ux" or "us" in its name.
penagate
May 4th, 2009, 11:27 PM
Unix is a family of operating systems. Linux is Unix-based. None of this has anything to do with programming languages.
sn3akyr4bb1t
May 6th, 2009, 02:23 PM
Ok I got it now. Resolved I guess?
wossname
May 18th, 2009, 06:35 AM
No wonder Unix/Linux isn't popular yet, it's having to overcome forces of ignorance hitherto unimagined by mankind.