Terminal and all that other shit, I follow you. Command lines. Fine. I don’t know what the Linux terms mean, but I understand command lines etc… But GNOME… what the fuck is it? Is it a suite? an environment? Every Linux user explains things like I’ve already been a user for a few years and all of them have forgotten what being NEW actually is.
Ironically, the WORST place to find Linux environments explained simply and clearly from the bottom up: The Internet.
This is where I remind and beg: Like. I’m. FIVE.
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Ill just call these layers, and try to make it easy.
Layer 1 : kernel which is what linux is
Layer 2 : command line
Layer 3 : Graphical interface
Different people put together different distributions. The packages that make those may differ a bit. GNOME is a graphical interface. Think of it as what you see when windows loads. In linux there are different graphical interfaces depending what you like, some are for small foot print, some are for heavy customization. For example XFCE is a light weight desktop environment. KDE is what I like, and its quite big but very customizable.
Each one of those layers can be done differently and there are other “layers” there. Many options all the way to pick from to make something perfect for you.
A good learning project that is easier is MUCH easier Gentoo. It is kinda like LFS but easier and more automated. They have a few different methods to build your OS too depending on how much time you have to invest.
If you have a spare laptop or computer to play with try working through that. If you are really brave and have a lot of time to kill and read and learn you can try LFS. Linux From Scratch. It was hell but I learned a lot.
My personal OS of choice is Gentoo on my geeking out computer or ubuntu on a computer I want to just get up and running easy and quick. Mind you my main computer is Windows because I game and run software that doesn’t just work in linux for work.
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