On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Jon Gunnip wrote:
>
> My recommendation:
>
> Get Redhat 7.1. I'm amazed at how easy the install program is. It is
> very slick. I've installed it about 10 times. (The only other
> systems I've tried are Redhat 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and freebsd). Install
> all the packages. It should recognize your most important hardware
> without any configuration (mouse, monitor, video). Printer might be a
> different story.
If you go redhat (And I'd go and pay for the distribution), the very
*first* thing you should do is connect up to redhat's support site and
update everything. There isn't a redhat release (nor any other linux
distro, AFAIK) that's really safe. Average compromise time for one on the
net full-time's reported to be around 48 hours by some folks.
Dan
