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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Which Unix/Linux to start using? Post 302162298 by vbe on Monday 28th of January 2008 04:10:17 PM
Old 01-28-2008
OK
I would start by asking what knowledge have you about "what is an OS" and"OS fundamentals"
None? start by learning...
DOS (good knowledge and windows..) ah better...
Download and burn a live CD such as knoppix
let it run a while (I let one run for more than 3 months... you cant do that without altering perfs and having virus risks with ms Wi*ows, and anyway each time I tried it failed after a month...) and watch the magic of *X...
then think what is more important for you:
click is not a great challenge...
So download a unix4dos or cygwin and start by learning a few commands and be sure to use every day vi!
If after that you feel ready for the big...
then any will be fine, each flavour has its pros/cons
and most of all the first will always be the first Love, so if its for professional purpose and you wish to go system, the only free commercial *UX is Solaris then in linux go for an OS that will make you suffer a bit since you are ready and willing to learn: DEBIAN server? or freeBSD
Up to you now...
 

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MULTILOAD_APPLET(1)													       MULTILOAD_APPLET(1)

NAME
multiload_applet - Multiload (cpu, load average, memory, net, swap) applet for the GNOME panel. SYNOPSIS
multiload_applet [ --activate-goad-server[=GOAD_ID] ] DESCRIPTION
multiload_applet Contains 5 applets. CPU Load Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->CPULoad Load Average Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->Load Average Memory Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->MemLoad Net Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->NetLoad Swap Applet. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Applets->Monitors->SwapLoad OPTIONS
--activate-goad-server (Internal use only) GOAD server ID to activate GOAD_ID may be: multiload_cpuload_applet start the cpu applet. multiload_loadavg_applet start the load average applet. multiload_memload_applet start the memory applet. multiload_netload_applet start the net applet. multiload_swapload_applet start the swap applet. AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). 10 februar 2002 MULTILOAD_APPLET(1)
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