On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 07:33:37AM -1000, demon_jr808 wrote: > I have a Red Hat 5.2 and thought it would be a good place to > learn start learning Linux.
If you are learning, then starting with something current will at least improve your chances of getting all your hardware recognized during installation so you can work on becoming familiar other aspects of the operating system. > However, many people have been telling me to upgrade to a more > recent version. To put it another way, if someone wanted to learn Windows, would you recommend them installing Windows 3.11? > Is there any benefit to learning Linux on an older version? Redhat 5.2 was released in 1998. One reason for installing it would be to setup a honeypot. I would not recommend starting to learn Redhat Linux on it. -Vince
