which linux version?

[ssahl]

Have just started working again full time and plan on getting Linux to put on my system, which is 1.2Ghz cpu and a gig of RAM. Does it matter between Red Hat, Mandrake, ect... I was just going to order a CD of version 9 from the Mandrake store, it was like $36 or something like that. Since I have never really used it before some input would really be helpfull.

[homey]

Hi,
I think that Mandrake is slightly more newbie friendly. At either rate, you may want to get a book or two that explains the inner workings of things.

After you get going on things, you may find that dispite all of the noise, all versions of linux have the same mother and are pretty similar.

[doctorgonzo]

I have Mandrake 9.0 and it was very easy to set up, much easier than I had thought.

Save your $36, though. You can go to www.cheapbytes.com and pick it up for far less.

[Mr N8]

If you have a high-speed connection, and a cdrw, you can download it for free at http://www.linuxiso.org

[crow]

I have ELX installed. It installs easily & no hang ups. Very user friendly. For a neubie like myself I think it is one of the best.
I have downloaded Red Hat, Mandrake, Gentoo, Knoppix, & Caldera. Had troubles either downloading or installing with all of them but ELX went flawlessly. Just my 2 cents worth.
-
Len

[Doobie]

I have used Redhat 7.2 and Mandrake 9 and both were very easy to install.

[ssahl]

I dont have a high speed internet connection, but I know people that do. Is the link you provided have just one URL to download all of what I need? I have looked around and found a few places to download linux, but there were quite a few links (url's) in order to download everything needed to install Linux. Otherwise I will probably check out www.cheapbytes.com as today was payday.

[aym]

If you want to download Linux, go to linuxiso.org, select which distro you want on the main page, you'll get a new page with links to download the ISOs (CD images), download them, for RedHat you only need the first three ISOs.
After downloading, you need to burn the files to CDs, but don't just copy each file to a blank CD, this won't work, how to burn the ISOs depends on your CD burning software, so tell us which burning software you use to help you in this point.
Finally, after successfully burning the ISOs, you'll get everything you need to install the distro.

[Blakhart]

My vote is for Redmond/Lycoris amethyst......

[ssahl]

Well, I went to compusa today and went ahead and spent $30 and bought Red Hat Linux ver 8.0, I know I could have got it for cheaper but I didnt want to wait for it to get here through the mail. I was also going to wait till I got another hdd, but I couldnt wait for that either, in fact I barely backed up a few importent files deleted a partition rebooted with the Linux CD in there and installed without any problems. In fact I'm posting this reply while running in Linux right now. :-) No problems so far, but if I do run into trouble you can bet that I will be back here to post the details for some help.