[CLUG] Linux

[Eamon Skelton]

Patrick Crowley wrote:

> I'm just wondering which distro of Linux would
> you guys recommend, where I can get this Linux boot disk and what i
> need to do to install.

Thats a bit like asking which religion you
should follow :-)

If you want to play about with Linux, you could try
Knoppix or one of the other live bootable distros.
I have a fairly recent Knoppix CD if you want a
copy?

For a hard-drive installation, most people reckon
that the RPM based distros like Fedora/Redhat,
SUSE and Mandrake are easy for beginners.
The latest SUSE is on the current issue of
Linux Format magazine.

http://distrowatch.com/  will probably leave you
even more confused than you are now.

http://www.tldp.org/ for docs.
http://www.freshmeat.net for software.
http://www.linux.org for general Linux stuff.

Have fun.

Ski.




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