Also slackware, check out http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs they have a
section on differant dist, with links
Daniel Gonz�lez Gasull wrote:
>
> Russell Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > i do want a full install...i was unsure of which
> > dist. to use, untill my friend told me he would
> > burn a copy of the mandrake/rh he bought, and that
> > settled it...i did consider caldera, but from what
> > i have read, i don't think i would learn much from
> > it...
>
> Caldera is, probably, the easiest dist. Other easy
> dists are SuSE <http://www.suse.com> and Red Hat
> <http://www.redhat.com>.
>
> Debian is a more newbie-unfriendly guru-oriented and
> full-GPL'd dist. It let you take more control over
> your system, but it's harder to configure.
>
> >i aim to free myself from windoze, however, i need
> >it for my kids games (everquest these days) and my
> >s.o.'s quicken/office 98 files...
>
> Some Windoze programs run in Linux with the Wine
> emulator. Windoze 3.11 programs run with Wabi, but
> it's proprietary software. And M$-DOS applications
> runs with dosemu (a DOS emulator).
>
> There is also a PC emulator, but you need a very
> fast machine.
>
> Hope this helps. Good luck :-)
>
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