Hello everyone. Please excuse my noobness for second and bear with me.
I'm trying to get my feet wet with programming and just started watching the "C" video tutorials on WiBit.net(love those guys for creating that site!). I was getting ready to reinstall Windows on my computer because I had problems creating .exe files using GCC on Ubuntu 12.04. I did some research and found out that gcc defaults to the .elf format. I also read about the .bin format as well.
So here are my questions:
1) Is there any difference "real" between .elf and .bin formats?
2) Which is better(preferable) to use between the two?
3) If the .elf format contains so much information in the format, why is it not used instead of .deb/.rpm/.tgz/etc?
4) For ease of learning, should I install Windows and follow all of the tutorials, or learn the nuances on linux as I go along?
Thank you so much for any who takes the time to respond.
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