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07-07-2003, 05:22 PM
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Linux...
I'm sort of interested in trying Linux and seeing what it's like and such. Can you reccomend which company to buy from, which version and so on?
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07-07-2003, 05:34 PM
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Has most of the different distros available for download.  You may want to try starting out with Mandrake 9.1
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07-07-2003, 05:34 PM
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You don't have to buy it. You can download any major version for free provided you have a high speed connection and a burner.
The 3 most poplar are RedHat, Mandrake and SUSE. I would probably try Mandrake or RedHat. You can get iso images to make bootable CD's for most distros here. |
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07-07-2003, 05:36 PM
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Oops, didn't type fast enough.
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07-08-2003, 07:07 AM
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Red Hat 9 and SuSE 8.2 are both good. Can't really comment on Mandrake, never used it myself. SuSE gives you a "LiveEval" version (single CD) that you can use without having to install Linux on your harddrive. it's a great way to see what Linux is all about. Also, it makes a great rescue disk should your OS dump and die!
Try as many differnt distros as you can, each on is unique and does things a bit differnt. Also consider FreeBSD. It is another free *nix system. It is not as user friendly during install, but everybit as powerful (if not more so) as any Linux distro. have fun!
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