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Wanting to expand my repertoire....Feel like trying Linux for size....

Problem is, there's so many different distro's out there....Anyone got
any opinions on which would be the best distro for a 1st time Linux
user?.....

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Fat Sam wrote:

> Problem is, there's so many different distro's out there....Anyone got
> any opinions on which would be the best distro for a 1st time Linux
> user?.....

If you want to ease yourself in, then I'd recommend Mandrake or
Fedora[1]. Unless you want to jump right in at the deep end, in which
case go for Slackware

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[1] Fedora has always[2] been my favourite distro.
[2] Except when Fedora was Redhat.

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Dylan Parry wrote:
> Fat Sam wrote:
>
>> Problem is, there's so many different distro's out there....Anyone got
>> any opinions on which would be the best distro for a 1st time Linux
>> user?.....
>
>
> If you want to ease yourself in, then I'd recommend Mandrake or
> Fedora[1]. Unless you want to jump right in at the deep end, in which
> case go for Slackware
>
> _____
> [1] Fedora has always[2] been my favourite distro.
> [2] Except when Fedora was Redhat.
>

a) Fedora still *is* Redhat

b) If you want a Redhat derivative that isn't EOL'd quickly and will have
patches and updates available for a while, try www.centos.org instead

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Dylan Parry wrote:
> Fat Sam wrote:
>
>> Problem is, there's so many different distro's out there....Anyone got
>> any opinions on which would be the best distro for a 1st time Linux
>> user?.....
>
>
> If you want to ease yourself in, then I'd recommend Mandrake or
> Fedora[1]. Unless you want to jump right in at the deep end, in which
> case go for Slackware
>
> _____
> [1] Fedora has always[2] been my favourite distro.
> [2] Except when Fedora was Redhat.
>
Cheers Dylan...Okay, next question...Where's the best place to get hold
of a Linux distro?....
I've noticed PC World selling boxed sets, but I have a sort of mental
block when it comes to buying from those crooks....

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Fat Sam wrote:

> Wanting to expand my repertoire....Feel like trying Linux for size....

> Problem is, there's so many different distro's out there....Anyone got
> any opinions on which would be the best distro for a 1st time Linux
> user?.....

Many recommend Mandriva (was Mandrake until last month; merger with
Connectiva resulted in name change) as a good distro for beginners. I
followed that advice when I upgraded to Linux, and I'm still using it.

Dedicated group - news:alt.os.linux.mandrake

FAQ - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alex.ba...drake-faq.html

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Dylan Parry wrote:

> Chris Hope wrote:
>
>> Here's the Fedora mirrors here:
>> http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
>
> Which is of little use now that Sam has in fact switched to
> downloading Mandriva. Oy! I give up :\

Can't win... <sigh>

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Fat Sam wrote:

> which would be the best distro for a 1st time Linux user?.....

http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

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