Whether
Linux is difficult to learn depends on the person you're asking. Experienced
UNIX users will say no, because Linux is an ideal operating system for
power-users and programmers, because it has been and is being developed by such
people.
Everything
a good programmer can wish for is available: compilers, libraries, development
and debugging tools. These packages come with every standard Linux
distribution. The C-compiler is included for free – as opposed to many UNIX
distributions demanding licensing fees for this tool. All the documentation and
manuals are there, and examples are often included to help you get started in
no time. It feels like UNIX and switching between UNIX and Linux is a natural
thing.
In the
early days of Linux, being an expert was kind of required to start using the
system. Those who mastered Linux felt better than the rest of the
"lusers" who hadn't seen the light yet. It was common practice to
tell a beginning user to "RTFM" (read the manuals). While the manuals
were on every system, it was difficult to find the documentation, and even if
someone did, explanations were in such technical terms that the new user became
easily discouraged from learning the system.
The
Linux-using community started to realize that if Linux was ever to be an
important player on the
Operating system market, there had to
be some serious changes in the accessibility of the system.
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