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title: Introduction to Linux
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# Introduction to Linux
###### tags: `tutorial` `electrical_system` `NTURT` `software`
##### Author: @chemmy-kuo  @LY-pac 

## Introduction

There are a huge amount of resources out there on the internet about linux, so learn to search!
Below we will provide some resources we know and which are well made in our opinion. Also, we may give some tips.
In this page, we are only providing some general resources and installation resources. To see more, try to google, or you can visit the [advanced: linux](/83Uq65YTQMaAqHzxYm-kng). 

## Setting up your Linux environment

- dual boot system
    - Video form us: [初識linux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSxioBbSJNI), and the pdf: [初識linux.pdf](https://cool.ntu.edu.tw/courses/7119/files/folder/%E9%9B%BB%E7%B3%BB%E7%B5%84?preview=978295)
      :::warning
      Please DO NOT use WSL (windows subsystem for linux) mentioned in this video as it's pretty limited in comparsion to a proper dual boot/virtual machine linux system.
      :::
- virtual machine
    - Windows
        - [手把手Windows安裝Ubuntu](https://ithelp.ithome.com.tw/articles/10201967)
        - [virtual box](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
    - macOS
        - X86
            - [virtual box](https://www.virtualbox.org/)
        - Apple silicon (M1 or M2)
            - [UTM](https://mac.getutm.app/)
- server

## General usage for linux

- [鳥哥的 Linux 私房菜](https://linux.vbird.org/)is a extremely detailed linux tutorial website. If you have lots of time and are willing to spend them diving deep into linux, following this website is a nice way to start.

## Distribution tree

Unlike windows or macOS that are closed-sourced and controlled by a single company, linux or (gnu in general) are open-sourced operating systems that everyone are free to modify and make their own. Hence different version of linux from different people are called "distribution" or "distro" for short. The following graph shows the evolution of some of the most famous linux distro.

![linux distribution tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg)
([source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions))
