Red Hat 9

hussey

Where would the Cheapest and easiet place to get this?

I know I can download it from redhat .. but I have to subscribe for a fee etc..

I found amazon hav eit

here .. any where cheaper

tinofapples

What's it like anyway ? Is it better than using Windows ?

A friend of mine was talking about it and half recommended it as an alternative to Windows

Frank Grimes

http://rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/9/en/iso/i386/

You can download it from their site too,
http://www.redhat.com/download/howto_download.html#download

hussey

well you can get it for free here
but its very busy and you'll defo need a fast server .. as each file is 600Mb or so

if anyone has these and wants to be nice, by making me a copy?

Frank Grimes

here's another link for good measure:
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/

hussey

Thanks Grimey!

getting better speed with that!

ando

I heard mandrake linux is the best one ? not sure as there's so many

Goodshape

Linux is great, when you get it working.

It's not that it’s hard to install, but there's definitely a learning curve when it comes to actually making things work the way you want.

But if you're up for the challenge then it's a great OS.

Personally, I've yet to find the time.


oh yea... I've got Mandrake 9.1 on here - I heard it was the best as well - although it doesn’t like my modem, so it doesn't get much use.

Tom Dunne

Originally posted by ando
I heard mandrake linux is the best one ? not sure as there's so many

I run Mandrake 8.1 and yes - it is good and about as user friendly as Linux can be. But if you are more of a techy type, Suse Linux and Red Hat offer more techy stuff.

Drakon

Red Hat is not that complicated for a new user. Almost everyting is set up from the word go .
You should avoid Debian as it's pretty hard to configure if you dont know what you are doing, but is easier these days then it used to be

DSLinAbsentia

The ultimate techy Linux is Gentoo (www.gentoo.com). You essentially tailor it to your specific system....

FYI: There's a good comparison of the various Linux's in this months PC World if you're interested in comparing the pro's and con's.

fisty

i downloaded the 3 isos,
burned them to cd with nero and tried to install, got the installer going and then it said it couldn't find linux packages in the cdrom drive... am i missing something?

mneylon

Originally posted by fisty
i downloaded the 3 isos,
burned them to cd with nero and tried to install, got the installer going and then it said it couldn't find linux packages in the cdrom drive... am i missing something?

That doesn't sound right at all

1. Download ISOs
2. Burn ISOs
3. Boot PC from disk1
4. Follow on screen instructions

There's also a tool to check that the disks contain the correct packages etc

aodh_rua

You can get it from here too! You can also get debian which is my flavour of choice.

ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/

tribble

Whoot - i downloaded all 5 ISO's from HEANet @ 840KB+/sec(yes bytes!). Sure beats the 2MBit the entire college had when i was in first year:)

screen grab


tribble

woolymammoth

does anybody know of any other good HTTP mirrors for this? the college campus, in all their wisdom blocking P2P, managed to block everything FTP aswell... :mad:

aodh_rua

The esat.net site also works over HTTP...
http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/

tom-thebox

To answer your direct question amazon have it for £29.74.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00008Y8KL/ref=sr_aps_software_1_1/202-5606941-8529455

leeroybrown

If you're in College and aren't able to use FTP, you might as well grab it from the Heanet's server considering you're using their network anyway:

http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/

woolymammoth

cheers lads.

on a side note, from your experience, what else should i have for linux? i've never used it before and i was just wondering are there any other apps or add ons i should have, might want.

only reason i'm asking is that i'll be home for the summer and without any internet connection.

thanks.

leeroybrown

Linux Distributions come packaged with thousands of useful (*and useless) applications to suit most people. Unless theres some specific thing you need then you'll probably survive fine.

If I were stuck without a net connection for an extended period the main thing I'd grab is manuals/guides. Theres usually plenty of info with most packages but a visit to sites such as http://www.tldp.org (The Linux Documentation Project) would give you some useful guides.

woolymammoth

nice one leeroy, thanks

Hobbes

Installing RH9 from scratch has to of been the least painful install I have ever done of Linux ever.

Everything just worked as it should. Even installing the extra bits (eg. Flash, Wine,Eclipse) was pretty easy and anyone who is good at windows would have no problems.

Patching didn't require a reboot. (Bought the support from RedHat).

It was even a quicker and less painful install then say W2K (which required multiple boots and multiple patching).

I'm very impressed with it. I can see it becoming an every day desktop type OS the more people that see it.

deimos

if your living in dublin i'll do ya a copy of it, just downloaded it in work............. ill be in town this saturday, drop us a line if ya want a copy and you can compensate us with 3 blank cd's for my trouble also...........


miticoservices@eircom.net


ps. i have a ****laod of other distro's also if ya want, just once you compensate me with blank cd's i dont give a ****e...........

Typedef

Originally posted by Hobbes
I'm very impressed with it. I can see it becoming an every day desktop type OS the more people that see it.

Cool.

What an excellent stick, with which to beat the Windows trolls with.

Hobbes

Originally posted by Typedef
Cool.

What an excellent stick, with which to beat the Windows trolls with.

LOL Why need to beat them, isn't paying $400 for an operating system punishment enough?

Btw, so far two people who have looked at my laptop have moved over to RH9. There is nothing on Windows (for work stuff) that RH9 doesn't have. One of them was a bit apprehensive because he uses 'Total Commander' all the time. So I downloaded it and ran the windows installer and the it installed and ran fine. After that he was sold on it too.