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BEST VERSION OF LINUX

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nateholtrop

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Hi I want to make my PC a dual-boot with Linux and W98 I just dont know which version to get any recommendations. I surf the webquite a bit and I am a mid-level programmer...and networking person so I need something that can work with a network comprimising of windows 98 machines.
thanks.

nathan
 
mandrake is a redhat clone with some tweaking. I would go with mandrake because it's easier on newbies and it has the robustness of red hat so you get the best of both worlds.
 
There isn't really a "best" distro of Linux. Which one you learn first is likely to become your favorite. It's a truism that getting comfortable with more than one company's release of Linux is a good idea. The reason that Linux can be difficult at first is that not only are you dealing with a new OS, you're also dealing with lots of hardware compatibilty details that Window's OS's hide from you very well.

I've tried Red Hat and Mandrake. This was a way back, before versions ~6.1 and newer were available. Red Hat covered bases in basic solidity better than Mandrake did. But Mandrake was more newbie friendly.

I settled on SuSE. To me, it's everything a distro should be. Genuinely rock solid. Germans are very thorough software makers.

Right now, I think the latest Corel release is probably the easiest for newbies.

I suggest bookmarking www.linuxnewbie.org .(Sorry, I still haven't figured out how to make a link with this newer "improvement" of this BBS.) It's a valuable resource! Buying a copy of "Running Linux," by Matt Welsh, et al. Third Edition, from O'Reilly Publishers, will save you a LOT of hair pulling. Great book!
 
Redhat or Mandrake. I wouldn't choose some off-the-wall distribution - if you choose one of the major distro's you'll have a better/easier time getting support...

-Nexus9
 
There isn't 'best' version.

I personally hate Mandrake. Utter crap, lets hope people will some day evolve beyond using Mandrake (this hatred began when a f*king MORON installed mandrake on a server... that's first mistake; second mistake was that he installed X-Windows and all such crap, but DIDN't install a C compiler)...

Redhat is my choice. Debian is also very good and extremely flexible.
 
I would either use Mandrake or Redhat.
I personally like Mandrake better.
Setting up 7.1 on my Linux machine right now 😀
 
Mandrake 7.1 for learning what Linux can do.

Slackware 7.1 when you really want to see what Linux is all about.
 
used RH 6.0 and 6.2. Redhat provides enough documentation that you can figure out whatever you need to do if its not too hard. Don't know anything about Mandrake (its easier? wow) when you are done learning, use FreeBSD 😛 (no flaming please. hehehe) or use slack...
 
Right now, it seems *for me, the average OS hobbyist and hardware enthusiast*, that Mandrake 7.1 has got me covered. Think is, I've upgraded my 7.1 installs to the 7.2 beta for kicks. I am running Beta 1 and couldn't get Beta 2 to install at home. I think I'll have a better chance with beta 2 here at work ... I already know that I'm not having the same problem at home.

-SUO
 
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