[nflug] Linux recommendations for new user

[eric]

for DSL I'd like to download the most current version and install it on
a hard drive would I download the iso that is called "current" ?  Is
that all I need?


Daniel V wrote:

>Hi Ryan,
>I'd recommend that you try a linux that you can run
>from CD-ROM. When I first got into Linux, I would
>install, and then very soon have to re-install.
>
>I prefer three Linux distros...
>
>Knoppix because I can read/write NTFS reliably.
>http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
>
>Damn Small Linux because it's small and loads fast,
>also they have an iso that runs on old computers when
>I have a problem running Knoppix on said computer.
>http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
>
>Red Hat Enterprise free version 
>http://centos.org/
>Version 5 should be forthcoming very soon, so I don't
>recommend bothering to download the beta. If you need
>it stat, you can get a 30-day trial of the real thing
>from Red Hat 
>https://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/eval/
>
>Have fun!
>Daniel
>
>P.S. You can also check out Fedora (Red Hat beta
>testing distro for Enterprise), but I don't know how
>stable it is.
>See latest News section at 
>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
>
>PS PS You will find that there are lots of distros,
>but the main ones that people fork off of that a new
>user will find easier to use are Knoppix and Red Hat.
>Debian is for Linux purists, but it has a learning
>curve.
>
>I mention Red Hat because I've used it in an
>enterprise setting and it's the first distro I really
>got into.
>
>
>--- Ryan Slomiany <ryamigo at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>hi, my name's ryan.
>>
>>i'm new to linux and interested in learning it.
>>
>>which distribution do you recommend? how do I get
>>started? and when's the next meeting?
>>    
>>
>
>
>
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