Looking For A Linux Os

[Amarjit]

I'd go for Windows . But if you're looking for ease of use I think LindowsOS is a good one.

[Livy]

instead of buggering your system get vmware, its a virtual computer, and u can install linux into it and ur pc will eb fine. and runs at near enough host speed. i done that with redhat 9, and longhorn

[Illuminati]

Most of the people I talk to who use Linux recommend Red Hat. Though one had a problem of installing and uninstalling Mandrake and not being able to remove its boot sector, I think it was him rather than the PC.

Note though - No Linux distribution should have be charged necessarily The original build which all of the Linux distros are based on is protected by the GPL which means any build using the Linux source code cannot be commercialised (though that could change with the recent lawsuit).

The charge for "professional" etc editions is for the documentation and support - A little trick that all the distro developers like to do. But the actual OS & included software is free - And should be available each of the distro's main web sites

[nikita69]

thx all. these leads will keep me busy for a while. i'll try them, just to note, i'll be running it on Mac G5 OS X 10.2. I currently have 2 Win2K and 1 WinXP running under OS X. ur right 4play, i got bored with redhat in a wk. thx again.

[4play]

thx all. these leads will keep me busy for a while. i'll try them, just to note, i'll be running it on Mac G5 OS X 10.2. I currently have 2 Win2K and 1 WinXP running under OS X. ur right 4play, i got bored with redhat in a wk. thx again.

so you like a challange

i would pick a bsd ( there are three of them) or maybe slackware or college linux.

you will need to use the command line with linux at some point but that is half the fun.

the linux documentation project great source of all things linux.

linux lessons great for learning basic linux skills.

sourceforge great source of free software

[asmithz]

Nice thread this is help me alot too.

[nikita69]

u no, i said it twice in my life, third is ok, thx "4play". btw, challange is like O2 to me.

[4play]

glad i could spread the word of linux