it has taken me many years to realize what a load of crap bill and his army have developed through the years...i am sick to death of windows...
i really want to start operating in unix...
i just have a few questions...
is linux as powerfull as unix? which flavour of unix should i learn to use? where
can i get my hands on unix...
PS"i realize there is a faq or beginners section available...but i am in a hurry to get started...please set me in the right direction"
regards
jonin

Hi!
Why do you need UNIX/Linux ? How are you going to use it ? Do you need it for home use ? or for servers ? And how are your UNIX knowledges ?
I use FreeBSD as desktop OS, but It's not the best choice, especialy if you are mainly oriented on multimedia applications. If you want something easy to use, I'll recomand you Xandros of Fedora Core...

i beleive that unix is way more powerfull as an os...when compared to its windows counterpart.i am very interested in wireless apps and networking. is this true. everybody i have ever met who uses unix says what am i still doing on windows. unfortunately i have moved to another country so i am trying to get information...does a unix platform that runs on windows just as powerfull as a version on its own partition...please explain.

If you're looking for FreeWindows XP, you're going to be very disappointed. It's more powerful an OS, yes, but It's Not Windows.

I think OP is looking for a UNIX emulator, something like cygwin, which can be run on windows platform, give it a try, you can do a lot with cygwin, with hundreds of GNU tools available to download:

http://www.cygwin.com/

Out of interest, does any body know the full form of PS used for footnotes

Regards,
Tayyab

Dear Tayyab,

I guess it stands for post script!!

Hi


looking for free linux with lot of packages for power usage you can try for
Debian linux

Cheers
kingskar