Thunderbolt_47 wrote:The guy may be new to Linux and have trouble because of that, as well.
The problem is, there is Windows, OSX - but no Linux. There is no Linux - its not unique. There is Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, deepin, Zorin and and and and and - and THAT is the problem. What is "Linux"? Linux is the kernel(!) only(!). But most people confuse "Linux" with the Distribution. There are tons of "DIstributions" but none of them is "Linux". There is no Linux. We are all sloppy and call it "Linux". But is not Linux. Linux is the kernel.
If you have Ubuntu, you have Ubuntu. Not Linux. Its Ubuntu. But OpenSuSE is totally different. The kernel (Linux!) is the same. But OpenSuSE is not the same thing as Ubuntu. Yes, its quite hard to understand, because Windows does not know "Distributions". So what is "Linux"?