Last time here at Icethunder.net in this guide we talked about the very basic commands you should most definitely use 
as soon as you get your invitation email from your web host. Just to review it for a little we have already set up a root password we could use to login trough SSH, we added a new user and this user is now in the sudoers file as well. We know what Linux distribution we are running and we need to perform a little bit of updating 
The Debian “core” way
I do not know why, but Debian tends to be the distro of choice for people who like stability and security at the same time. Debian is a very stable and mature Linux distro and you will not have much security problems, because the software in the repositories is pretty well tested before it is included. This is the biggest advantage of Debian, but at the same time it is its biggest disadvantage as well. Some software packages are older and they are not the most up-to-date and thus if your application or web site app needs something very new than you will most probably need to install it from source yourself or you will need to include some testing or non free repository into your repo list.
With this said i is pretty clear, that even if you need a very up to date system Debian can do the job, but you will very probably need to make your hands a little bit dirty
If you want to update your Debian system, there is nothing easier than to use the apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade command. These two commands “sync” your packages list and then in the next step update all the obsolete packages. It is pretty easy and apt solves pretty everything for you If you want to install something you have on your local server, than use dpkg –install package_name.deb .
One more thing I need to say here is that Debian packages end with .deb and thus if you find some software you want to use on a Linux forum or download site, than look for the .deb file as .rpm is not intended for Debian 
A very good way to learn more about dpkg and apt commands is to use the manual pages with man apt-get or man dpkg.
The next time here I will talk about the second possibility you might be facing in the Linux world and namely the option your Linux distro is a Fedora core distribution…And there is one more distribution based on Gentoo Until then have a nice day and see you next time!
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