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Mac Medic · 03-09-2003, 10:13 PM

Any Linux Distro will work fine, I would recomend redhat 8.0, it's pricey but worth it, but pretty much any distro will do and most can be downloaded for free. Suse and Mandrake make a good product. Neither of your norton products will work but there's a firewall in Linux, as for AV, good luck. And dont forget to patch the OS. It's not as secure as people like to think.

edit: I recommended 8.0 Advance Server, but I take that back for a 1st time linux user.

If you don't want to pay retail, or download it, ask someone who has it to burn you a disk and send it to you.

03-09-2003, 10:13 PM	#11
Mac Medic Member (11 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,729	Any Linux Distro will work fine, I would recomend redhat 8.0, it's pricey but worth it, but pretty much any distro will do and most can be downloaded for free. Suse and Mandrake make a good product. Neither of your norton products will work but there's a firewall in Linux, as for AV, good luck. And dont forget to patch the OS. It's not as secure as people like to think. edit: I recommended 8.0 Advance Server, but I take that back for a 1st time linux user. If you don't want to pay retail, or download it, ask someone who has it to burn you a disk and send it to you. Last edited by Mac Medic; 03-09-2003 at 10:24 PM.