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Originally posted by poof
<b>Bullgoose</b> wrote, <i>It's based on Debian Linux (My personal favorite)</i>.
I have read good things about Debian. After I go through my post Redhat anger management sessions, I might give that a try.
Ya know something, computers don't explode, don't take up much space, and don't leave parts scattered all over the floor when they stop working. Just format and try again. Whats a few hours of wasted time. If it works, it wasn't wasted. If I learn from it, it wasn't wasted. I am rambling, must go to session. Redhat bad, Poof good, Redhat bad, Poof good.
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PLEASE DON'T TRY DEBIAN; the reason I wrote that in caps is very simple; if you had trouble with Redhat, you will be completely put off Linux forever if you try to install Debian.
I'm a Linux advocate; I use Linux on a daily basis, and I love it; that being said, it took roughly 3 years of almost weekly re-installs, endless Google searches, printing REAMS of how-to's and generally tearing my hair out. I'm 56; I bought my first "modern" computer about 5 years ago; one of my kids has it now; I build my own at this point. Sometime about 3-1/2 years ago, I had a real "WIN-moment"; I got the blue screen of death for about the 200th time in one day, so I fired up a search engine and went looking for an alternative, that's when I first heard of Linux; I have been from pillar to post with Linux; right now, I quad-boot WIN98 (and I rarely boot it) Redhat 9.0, Debian 3.0 "testing", and Knoppix 3.2 (more to come about Knoppix).
The reason I suggested you NOT try Debian is the installer. It's a fact of life in the Linux community that Debian is really difficult to install; there's various reasons for this, but suffice it to say that Debian is not newbie-friendly. To get a handle on Linux, I am suggesting that folks who aren't familiar with Linux try Knoppix. This gets tricky now; the lineage of Knoppix is kinda like tracing a European royal family's lineage, if you get my drift.
Knoppix is a German distribution that's based on Debian GNU Linux; this is a very good thing; what's even better is this- YOU DO NOT HAVE TO INSTALL IT ON YOUR HARD DRIVE TO USE IT! That's right, it runs off your CD-ROM drive, it has absoloutly no effect on any installed operating systems (read: any Windows version). It only requires that your computer be able to boot from a CD-ROM (most computers built since '98 can, if yours can't, there are alternatives.) My point is, there is no commitment whatsoever; if you don't like Linux, you just remove the CD-ROM disc and go your merry way, if you DO like it, there's many options at that point.
Now the kicker; Knoppix is FREE, it can be downloaded and burned to a CDR for no cost at all, except for the time it takes. If you don't feel that you can do that, PM me and I'll see what I can do.
Just don't write off Linux because of a bad experience; it takes time, but it's one helluva lot easier now then when I started. Give it a chance.