you just need to post the right command for the right problem and who ever uses this code is going bye bye linux
lol...yep.
But you know...you can do the same with M$.
http://www.techtutorials.info/lcommands.htmlhttp://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?q=list+of+ ... =firefox-aNormally you shouldn't need to use the terminal.So don't think its something you need to know how to do,but its good to know its there if you need it.
Look at it this way...A Linux os is evolving everyday (unlike M$).There are thousands of people who write code for Linux at any given moment...so any one application,or piece of software that your using can,and will be different (for better or worse) each day. This is called the Community....take note that probably 90% of these apps are free.The community is also made up of the likes of you,and me...the users.(no...I don't code).
FREE is the key word....now hardware coders (driver programmers) work for a corporation (mostly).These corporation put a license on their software,and or hardware (drivers,and such). Lets take ummm...ATI.Now ATI's drivers are proprietary (not free,and is under lock,and key).Now ATI is a major manufacture of gpus.If they just gave away their code they would loose money (remember...corporation+proprietary=not free).
Now...M$ is another major corporation.M$ will get their grubby hands into anything if they think they will make money (they will do anything also...) Why do you think just about any pc,or laptop you can buy has M$ installed?
O.k....What am I'm getting at your asking.
Linux...Where did it come from?And why? Ill post a link that I think explains it pretty good.
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/You see Linux is still very young,but a person can do more with nix than with any other "pay" operating system.When you use M$ what you see is what you get.True theres nothing wrong with that some people are happy with that.Some people want more "freedom".They want to be able to write new code (without breaking a license),want everyone (the community) to be able to use it for...FREE.
Its a little known fact that items we use everyday run on nix...Do you use a ATM machine?Even some of the simplest things we have in our homes.
So...back to ATI (I'm not using ATI for any specific reason).Being that ATI is a corporation it can not afford to let their code be leaked,or giving away....but theres a problem.There are more users using Linux today.If they don't cater to ATI linux users then they would loose money(people would just buy Nvidia).So what do they do?Not wanting to loose money,and seeing Linux is not just a "fad" they "give Linux coders "bits " of their drivers....just enough to make it work...give or take.Hence the reason why have crappy performance with the fglrx driver (the ati driver from synaptics).Or the driver you can download from their web site (take heed nvidia is the same way,but generally gives better support for linux than ATI.
So...what how does the Linux coders make it work when they don't have access to proprietary(non free) drivers?They code their own...slowly,and with some help (the bits that they are given from the corporations).
This why I said LInux is evolving everyday...and it literally is.Now don't get me wrong...I'm not some fanboy.I use M$ also.About 10% of the time...some games just won't work in Linux (remember the bit about corporation,and money?)
Why are you tell me this?You might be asking.Well....I'm trying to explain that Nix isn't windows.Maybe you might appreciate Nix more if you new the history,and a little incite on how it works.Maybe if you knew you can do anything you want to (if you knew how,but that takes time with anything thats new) with nix.If your a coder you pretty much do what you want without a lawyer knocking on your door from some corporation.
You can even change Ultimate Edition if you wanted to (
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html ).
Course this all means nothing if "it just doesn't work".The thing is you can help "it work" buy submitting bug reports/testing....this is where the user is important to the "community".
Where M$ can dish out the cash to a manufacture (or even buy them out) to get "drivers",and such....The Linux community can't.
Course some don't contribute at all,and just use the os as it is......nothing wrong with that.It is free.If they don't like what they are using...well they don't have to use it at all (generally speaking here).
Cool man.I know I didn't answer any of your questions...but maybe what I wrote will put some questions you "might" have in perspective.
Cheers
Cell