> vitamin The reason I wanted to get linux running is so I can study > Microchip programming > Do you really need to run Windows executables to do that? Linux cross-compilers are available for many of the common DSPs, e.g. the Parallax STAMP, and there are Linux emulators for a number of other chip architectures. I've used Motorola 6809 and 68000 emulators and there are bound to be others. > I like asm for programming but the command is a lot different. I know > some of the basics but where to start when installing stuff is all new > to me. > You should get one of the Linux sysadmin books (the O'Reilly books are well-regarded in the *NIX world) and/or a copy of "Linux in a Nutshell". These will cover the command line interface and writing shell scripts. The ability to write shell scripts will really expand your ability to manage and use Linux. Shell scripts are much more powerful that BAT files. If you want to write C for Linux you need something like "Linux System Programming" (also from O'Reilly). I haven't seen that one, mainly because I have the, now out of print, "Unix Systems Programming for SVR4" which covers POSIX and is still relevant for current Linux distributions. The POSIX and Unix C programming environment is considerably more stable than the Windows environment.
