Plz Help Out a Stranger!!!

[Stick_e_Mouse]

Hello...Im very new to Linux. I don't know which distribution will be good for me. I've read the other posts and they suggest Suse, Mandrake, and Red Hat for a beginner like me. But I do not have access to Suse. Can you give me a suggestion on which version of Red Hat or Mandrake will be good?? These are the versions that are available in my school:

Red Hat 6.2, 7.0, 7.1
Mandrake 7.1, 7.2

So which one should I install?? I heard tat Red Hat 7.0 is real buggy and crappy, so maybe I won't pick that. How about the other versions?? Which one--Red Hat or Mandrake??

Thanks so much!!

 

[FatBurger]

I've heard Mandrake is better (I haven't gotten around to installing it yet), and 8.0 is supposed to have several improvements over other versions.

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Apple? Macintosh? What are these strange words you speak?

 

[Pettytheft]

Mandrake or SuSe are some of the easiest to start with. Redhat isn't all that buggy.

I would use Mandrake 7.2.

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[Guest]

RedHat 7.1 is the most recent distribution that you list, and has been reported to have good stability. See Linux Format this month(issue 16) for a comparision between RedHat 7.1 and Mandrake 8.0. My favourite is SuSE, but all 3 distros is good and will satisfy your needs.

jostber@frisurf.no

 

[Guest]

No luck finding Linux Format online?
You have a working addy?

Linuxuser

 

[Guest]

Their website is at:

www.linuxformat.co.uk

jostber@frisurf.no