In today’s world of text, tweet and email a good old fashioned voice call may seem passé, but truthfully, it is at times, the best way to communicate. Fewer and fewer people have a traditional telephone (along with their spendy monthly bills) in their home. So, how do we have a telephone at home without a huge bill to go with it, enter Voice over IP or VoIP. What is VoIP?

Okay, you’ve decided to take the plunge and give Linux a chance, now what? What do you want to do? Using a computer is akin to finding the right tool in your tool box. If you want to drive a nail you pick up a hammer, if you want to turn a bolt pick up a wrench. To make a computer useful you have to decide what you want to do.

Linux Distribution History First, a little history and the answer to the question ‘What the heck is a Linux Distribution?’. When the Linux operating system was young, it was just the Linux kernel. Programmers had fun but the Linux kernel doesn’t interact with people. The kernel is the supervisor managing resources and getting bits and bytes to where they need to go. For Linux to do useful things we have to add programs.