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jaspreet2586 11-20-2008 05:33 AM

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what is the history of the linux?

who is the creater of the linux?

what difference between man and linux?

what is the first version of the linux?

why we use the linux?

jf.argentino 11-20-2008 05:54 AM

Try google!

pixellany 11-20-2008 06:00 AM

You just set off the "homework alarm". Please tell us the context of these questions.

There are entire books that give the detailed answers to most of your questions. You will also very quickly find most of the answers with a Google search. (Just enter each question--one at a time--into a Google search window.)

I'll get you started on two of the questions:

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what difference between man and linux?
Lot's of ambiguity here---I'll assume that "man" means the species "Homo sapiens". The big difference is that man is still smarter than computer----there are of course isolated exceptions..;). By contrast, I often feel that Linux is smarter than I am. But then I recognize that we have different kinds of intelligence.....
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why we use the linux?
Who is "we" in this context? I could wax eloquent about why I use Linux, but what might be more important is why YOU use it.

farslayer 11-20-2008 07:31 AM

searching google for 'history of Linux' is rather effective.. and would answer 3 of the 5 questions easily..

ErV 11-20-2008 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jaspreet2586 (Post 3348500)
what is the history of the linux?

who is the creater of the linux?

what difference between man and linux?

what is the first version of the linux?

why we use the linux?

You can easily find answers yourself.
links to start with:
www.google.com
en.wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

salasi 11-20-2008 02:46 PM

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Quote:
what difference between man and linux?
Lot's of ambiguity here---I'll assume that "man" means the species "Homo sapiens".
Now I assumed (wrongly?) that the OP meant the man (manpage) system. If so, type 'man man' and that should give you some information.

pinniped 11-20-2008 02:58 PM

Why would anyone ask silly questions like this except for homework? That's not a particularly intelligent teacher either for asking questions like this.

r3sistance 11-20-2008 03:38 PM

what is the history of the linux?
Long but interesting.
who is the creater of the linux?
Really, this who sounds like a brillaint guy.
what difference between man and linux?
51
what is the first version of the linux?
Minux
why we use the linux?
Because we can

Now go do your homework properly like those above said and actually research it =P!

farslayer 11-20-2008 04:01 PM

51 ?? Shouldn't that be 42 ?

r3sistance 11-20-2008 04:04 PM

Actually I was treating letters of the alphabet like numbers, ie a=1, b=2, c=3 but looking at it again, I think it should have been 50 not 51 ^^;;.
m = 13, a = 1, n = 14, total = 28
l = 12, i = 9, n = 14, u = 19, x = 24, total = 78
difference is 50 if I calculated that right =P.

pixellany 11-20-2008 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by salasi (Post 3349080)
Now I assumed (wrongly?) that the OP meant the man (manpage) system. If so, type 'man man' and that should give you some information.

This would work only if you could also enter "man linux", which you cannot.

"diff man linux" is no help either.

I'm afraid there may be no hope.......;)

I hope you recognize that I am not even trying to be serious. If your statement above was serious, then my concern is that he asked the DIFFERENCE between man and linux. That's not something you'll get from the man pages.

John VV 11-20-2008 11:59 PM

from the other post called "Urgent" http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...urgent-683342/
i would say that "jaspreet2586" is a bot/spam.

wizardhat 11-21-2008 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by John VV (Post 3349509)
from the other post called "Urgent" http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...urgent-683342/
i would say that "jaspreet2586" is a bot/spam.

No, I think he just doesn't know how to use google.

newbiesforever 11-21-2008 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pinniped (Post 3349089)
Why would anyone ask silly questions like this except for homework? That's not a particularly intelligent teacher either for asking questions like this.

Yeah...I think it's not really homework, though. I think he or she just wanted to post something.

salasi 11-21-2008 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pixellany (Post 3349176)
This would work only if you could also enter "man linux", which you cannot.

"diff man linux" is no help either.

I'm afraid there may be no hope.......;)

I hope you recognize that I am not even trying to be serious. If your statement above was serious, then my concern is that he asked the DIFFERENCE between man and linux. That's not something you'll get from the man pages.

He was also advised to use google and I understand that he would have to do the 'diff' bit in his head. Now my opinion was that he was trying to get a short cut from doing something like homework (although, you'd have hoped that the teacher was at least able to spell...maybe its for the introduction to some class presentation and is still homework, but these are not teacher-set questions), so I was quite happy to advise something where he had to do the work himself.

I wasn't at all clear whether you were being serious, and, to be frank (and I don't want to be insulting in any way, this is just a fact) with the opportunity of advising him to get on with the work that he should have done before he asked a question, I didn't care.


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