On 15/05/04 10:30 +0530, Neil Harwani wrote: > Hi, > I had been using Red Hat 8.0 until recently. Now I have formatted my > hard-disk and I am reading reviews that Red Hat 9.0 will no longer > supported and so people should switch to Fedora or something else. > My questions: > 1. Which linux distribution would be good for me ? I am an average > person fond of some programming, web-development and interested in > learning networking ? My use would be more or less like an advanced > desktop system. Before I install I would like to hear which distribution > I should install, red hat 8.0 or fedora or mandrake or suse and why ? Since you have been using RedHat, you should try another distribution for learning about the differences. Personally, at this point, I like Gentoo for the control it gives over the system and the ease of package management. You could also try Debian unstable, or SuSE or Mandrake.
All Linux distributions will fit your criteria as stated. > 2. The charges that Red Hat takes for it's linux distributions like it's > server operating systems and the new O/S coming out this year are all I > hope for support and documentation and such stuff, am I correct ? Does Yes. > the license under which linux was released make it compulsory for it to > be given as free ? I know it has to stay open source and available to Free of cost? no. The source has to be available and redistributable? Yes. > all but is there also a compulsion that it should always be given free, > my point is always ? No. There is no financial obligation to provide you with free stuff. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
