Well I scored a PIII433 computer that I am thinking of installing Linux in it just to learn on. Which distro should begin with. I am thinking to go with Mandrake 10. What do you guys think?
I've heard that SuSE makes a nice starting distro, but I've never actually used it.
I personally began with RedHat 6 as my very first distro (talk about horrendous hardware support back then ). You could go with Fedora Core or Mandrake too. Another option is Knoppix, which you can use as a LiveCD - you don't need to install anything to your hard disk until you're sure you want to.
I'd say SuSE over any other RPM based distro, i have used it for a while for various tasks and even tried it as a server.
But another good choice would be Fedora Core
Mandrake in my opinion is far too bloated, and will slow down your system further than SuSE or Fedora will.
I am dedicating this 'puter to Linux to learn on, so I am not concerned about installing anything. My main thing is to learn and having no problems with hardware. Last thing I need from the get-go is Linux not recognizing the most basic hardware I have it on. I do have some manuals already as well.
I read something about "Slackware". I heard it is basically *BSD with a GUI. Would that be a newbie consideration?
I have Suse running on my server right now, and I had problems with mandrake 10 sucking all the resources from my other computer. I have run Red Hat 9 (haven't had time to mess with fedora) and have been quite happy with it.
Also Hi EP and people. I found this place again while looking through a oooollllllldddd backup. I have filled over 10TB and was looking at my collection of antiques. Any bids on the 500Mhz Win 95 fix?
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