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mayhem#

Lads,

I've decided to give this whole Linux malarky another try.
Need a few pointers on what type of Linux to use and where to download it....

Dr.Seagull

looking at older treads i think this has all been said before
if your going to be using it as a workstation then mandrake would be the best although red hat might be worth a look also
if its just for a server id recomend slackware
i use ftp.sunet.se to download distros i find it fast go to /pub/Linux/distributions/

Gavin

Yo,

As the man says mandrake would be good for a workstation/first go. Redhat would be my preferred for a workstation. ( it's really a matter of taste )

Have a look at www.netsoc.ucd.ie/LDP
The linux documentation project. An enormous amount of information on Liux and how to get the most out of it. The Howto's are very handy.

www.linux.ie is the home for the ILUG, irish linux users group. There is a very active email list on this and they are receptive enough to emails with newbie question, though you take your life into your own hands if you haven't googled first !

www.cheapbytes.com is good for buying CD's, or if you have a large connection ( which you do, don't you.. ) then www.linuxiso.org has iso's of a lot of distributions.

Partition your harddrive and leave around 2-3 gigs for the linux install. By default with redhat it tends to install an awful lot of stuff that you will never use. You can have a completely usable installation with around 400-500 mb/s though that's after a bit of pruning.

It's probably handy, if you have a spare machine lying around, to put linux onto that. Post up and questions, lots of knowlegable people here.

Gluck
Gav

mayhem#

Thanks lads,

I'm happily downloading away, will be back later to post questions for sure.....;-)