As a beginner to the Linux world you will often hear the words “Lightweight distros”, but what does it mean? What are Lightweight Distros? Lightweight distros are Linux distributions specially made keeping old and resource constraint hardware in mind so that the user can have a responsive and lag-free computing experience even on your old … Read more
As a beginner to the Linux world some time back, when I came across the word Distro-hopping, I thought it is some kind of a game that Linux users play and that idea sounded so cool that even I wanted to be a part of it and play this distro-hopping game! What is Distro Hopping? … Read more
If you look at the desktop market, the majority of it is occupied by Windows, Mac OSX comes second and Linux takes the 3rd place. But if you look into it, you will realize that there is no such thing as Linux OS, but there are distributions based on the Linux kernel and there are … Read more
As a beginner to the Linux world, as you are in the introduction phase to using a new distro, you will hear something like This distro X uses this Y desktop environment. It is easy to get into the trap of thinking that “each given distro is different when it comes to how its desktop … Read more
During their journey in exploring the Linux universe every Linux beginner will come across to these 3 very similar terms, Distro, Flavors, and Derivatives. In this article, I have presented the differences between these 3 terms in a beginner-friendly format along with the prior knowledge every beginner needs to have to understand them. So let’s … Read more
In this article let’s look at the 2 most popular package management software apt and dnf and analyze their similarities and differences in detail. A Quick Comparison of APT and DNF APT DNF APT stands for Advanced Packaging Tool DNF stands for DaNdiFied (Dandified) Yum apt works with packages in the .deb format dnf works … Read more
When I started my distro-hopping journey experimenting with various Linux distros, I noticed a pattern where one set of distros used apt commands while the other set of distros used the dnf or yum command to install software on my system. Let’s go ahead and look at a list of Linux Distros that use the apt commands. List … Read more
When I started my distro-hopping journey experimenting with various Linux distros, I noticed a pattern where one set of distros used dnf or yum commands while the other set of distros used the apt command to install software on my system. Let’s go ahead and look at a list of Linux Distros that use the … Read more
When I was a beginner in Linux and I wanted to install any software, the online instructions I found would ask me to type something like this on my Fedora’s or CentO’s terminal or something like this So I used to wonder what are these yum and dnf commands. In this article, I am trying … Read more
When I was a beginner in Linux and I wanted to install any software, the online instructions I found would ask me to type something like this on my Ubuntu’s terminal or sometimes like this So I used to wonder what are these apt and apt-get commands. In this article, I am trying to explain … Read more