linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Bought a computer with Linux 4.10

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Bought a computer with Linux 4.10

On Sun, Apr 06, 2014 at 10:48:52AM -0400, Gene Henley wrote:
>
> Specs:
> 80 gig HD
> 1 gig memory
> 3gig processor

Linux 4.10? That doesn't sound right. What version of Linux?
(Or if you bought it on a web site, a link to that site would be helpful.)

Note that "Linux" itself is to oversimplify a bit, mostly just device
drivers. On top of that, which is called a kernel, are various programs to
interact with the user, many of them written by the GNU foundation. Then
Linux distributions, such as Mint or Ubuntu, put these in a reasonably easy
to use package. So there might be a distribution with the number 4.10, but
I'd be surprised if something was calling itself Linux 4.10.

As for suggestions--start by trying to do the things you need to do, when
you run into problems with it, ask. Depending upon the distribution and
what you personally do with a computer, it may be easy or hard.

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Scott Robbins
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