08-05-2008
Linux is not UNIX but it is a "Unix-Like" system. Technically, Linux is just the kernel; the controlling part of the operating system that manages the system and its resources.
That being, hopefully, cleared up, You can download a Linux distribution to learn the basics of Linux and Unix.
Some good ones for people who are beginning would be:
CentOS or Fedora (Red Hat based)
OpenSUSE (SUSE based and my favorite)
Ubuntu/Kubuntu (Debian based)
PCLinuxOS (Mandriva Based)
I personally like OpenSuse for the hardware and software support, as well as ease of transition and use.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
module::packaged
Module::Packaged(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Module::Packaged(3pm)
NAME
Module::Packaged - Report upon packages of CPAN distributions
SYNOPSIS
use Module::Packaged;
my $p = Module::Packaged->new();
my $dists = $p->check('Archive-Tar');
# $dists is now:
# {
# cpan => '1.08',
# debian => '1.03',
# fedora => '0.22',
# freebsd => '1.07',
# gentoo => '1.05',
# openbsd => '0.22',
# suse => '0.23',
# }
# meaning that Archive-Tar is at version 1.08 on CPAN but only at
# version 1.07 on FreeBSD, version 1.05 on Gentoo, version 1.03 on
# Debian, version 0.23 on SUSE and version 0.22 on OpenBSD
DESCRIPTION
CPAN consists of distributions. However, CPAN is not an isolated system - distributions are also packaged in other places, such as for
operating systems. This module reports whether CPAN distributions are packaged for various operating systems, and which version they have.
Only CPAN, Debian, Fedora (Core 2), FreeBSD, Gentoo, Mandriva (10.1), OpenBSD (3.6) and SUSE (9.2) are currently supported. I want to
support everything else. Patches are welcome.
The data is fetched from the net and cached for an hour.
METHODS
new()
The new() method is a constructor:
my $p = Module::Packaged->new();
check()
The check() method returns a hash reference. The keys are various distributions, the values the version number included:
my $dists = $p->check('Archive-Tar');
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2003-5 Leon Brocard. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR
Leon Brocard, leon@astray.com
perl v5.12.4 2011-09-17 Module::Packaged(3pm)