Thanks guys. Fortunately I have a computer games programming son who is all over Linux. I'll get him to help.
On Wed, 10 Mar 2021, 10:34 am Michael Grant, <mgr...@grant.org> wrote: > Brett, > > Dan's exactly correct: > > > Debian is a Linux distribution -- a collection of software that > > works together as a complete operating system plus applications. > > A Linux distribution can run programs written to run in Linux of which > Inkscape is but one of those programs. The Debian users on this list > did not write it. > > Debian is geeky and this makes it easy and clear for us who use it. > > There are a ton of other Linux distributions that are based on Debian > that may be more suited to a non geek and still you can run all the > same software. > > (And there's a ton of other Linux distributions that are not based on > Debian too, oh so many to choose from!) > > Do a search for 'linux distributions based on debian' in your favorite > search engine. There's a wikipedia page here: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Debian-based_distributions > > Ubuntu is certainly one of the most popular. They all look and feel a > bit different, it gets down to personal preference and how easy one is > for you to use. > > Many of these off shoots of Debian are aimed at non geeky people. > > Think of Debian as a platform that these other things are built on. > Debian itself is built on Linux, GNU, and a many tools and utilities. > Layer on layer if you may. > > Hope this helps. > > Michel Grant >
