Linux Installation I

For newbies its recommended to start off with "Live CD": Its a bootable image of chosen Linux flavour that allows users to get a feel of the software without performing any physical installation on the machine. You can easily get hold of quite a few by goggling term "Live Linux". Some popular one are
1) Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
It is highly recommended as it has wider hardware support, it is good as it won't repel you away from Linux just because you are not able to surf internet.

2) Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD
It is a free version of the RedHat Linux series with a 6-8 month of release cycle, is also good but lacks a bit in terms of hardware/media support in comparison with Ubuntu.

There are also some applications that even saves you from investing a CD as well, and just use usb-drive to create a bootable copy of Linux. A good one that I often use is Fedora USB creator https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/.

Just get hold of any one of these and you are ready to have your first taste of the operating system. Oh!! one last thing, make sure you got your boot sequence sorted out from the boot menu.

What Linux is all about?

Well, RedHat Linux is casually referred as one of the many flavours of UNIX. Linux is result of work done by Mr. Linus Torvalds at the University of Helsinki in Finland. The OS is available under the GNU General Public License (The bottom line is, use and distribution of the software is free of cost). It is due to this fact that Linux is picking up in the industrial and consumer market; some might not agree (I admit its not the only reason, but a good one…)

So leaving the rest of the Linux history and timeline to the Big Brothers (book authors), I'll try to concentrate more on the working structure of the OS rather than its past developments or telling you how Tux (The Linux penguin) came into picture.

Who should read this?

The blog aims to provide an overview of the world of Linux. It is based on the RedHat platform (But most are same anyways!!). This can serve as a good building platform for the preparation of RHCE (RedHat Certified Engineer). Or for anyone looking to hone or develop there Linux familiarity.