I really really like Red Hat 8... I haven't played much with 9, but I started out on Red Hat 8 and found that there's not too steep of a learning curve... :) ~Erin
--- krazyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. I got my first Linux install on my computer last winter (I > think...it might have been fall) at the Install fest. Due to > pressure from a friend, I got Debian. This was all fine and dandy > until I realized that Debian has a horribly steep learning curve, > which I didn't have time to conquer. And then I reformatted my > computer this last fall, and no longer have access to my Linux > partition at all (which I'm told can be easily solved by getting a > Linux boot disk...I accidentally formatted the one I had). Anyways, > what that all boils down to is that I'd like to get a new Install of > Linux on my system as long as I'm going to bother searching out a > Linux disk. > > So, basically, I'd like to know what a good distro is for beginners > (I've heard lots of good stuff about Mandrake, but don't actually > know much about it), and if there's any way of getting an install > disc for it without paying lots of money for the fanciest newest > package direct from the company (poor college student syndrome). > > Thanks! > Kirsa Stay > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > ===== http://www.userfriendly.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
