Linux Help Needed!
 

Okay, now that I have fooled you into reading this..

Say I have a new computer w/o an OS. I want to put a form of Linux on it.. I don't know which one to get..

Help, please!

Ariak yells for help.
a341c^2's corpse yells for help.

Red hat is pretty good. I looked at other ones, but I like red hat the best.

Is Red Hat good?? Anyways, what is its site?

Thanks! :)

RedHat is by far on of the easiest to set up and configure. I've been running it for quite some time now. The latest version, 7.3, can be downloaded from http://www.redhat.com/ I would recommend once you get it installed, use up2date to download and install the latest security patches. You got any questions about it, give me a buzz.

Red Hat costs more than XP?

Color me baffled.. I..

Oh, well. Gates > Linux, still..

Suse
 

I prefer SUSE, plus in the latest package is included (among other) a full version of Kylix ;)...
Since i dont have a fatass line to DL it , im gonna BUY it on cd, now thatll cost me like 60 bucks... oh well hehe

No no no...linux itself is free. You CAN buy commercial CDs, if you want. But you do not have to. You can download RedHat 7.3 ISO images from
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/7.3/en/iso/i386/
If that happens to be busy, any site on this page should have it: http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html

The main difference between the downloaded version and the commercial version is that you get a manual, documentation, better technical support, and priority access to patches. Plus you get some cool decals ;) But, functionally, they are exactly the same. Therefore, Gates << Linux and he knows it :D

The best way to get redhat or any other distrobution of linux that is available via download is to hit this site http://www.linuxiso.org. They carry the latest and greatest. You can either download it or buy it for the cost of shipping (around $2 - $3). I have found the fastest way to get it is to install FlashGet which is a multiple download manager and then download the iso. Flashget will download it from 5 seperate FTP sites and you get the iso faster. Be warned though Flashget is not to be used with Easynews or any other site that doesn't like you to log into them multiple times.

1st linux distro, go with RedHat, easiest out of the box distro in my opinion (7.3 made me change distro's though). Debian is good if you want a good stable server. Gentoo is awesome if you want bleeding edge performance and have the linux skills to support a buggy box.

If you don't know anything about it, just go to redhat.com, or linuxiso and download the iso images and burn them to a cd. If you burn them right, the cd's will be bootable, and you wont even need to make a bootdisk...

I can not do that, I am afraid; for I do not know how. LoL. :(

Never be afraid to try new thing with your computer :) That is unles it is dealing with information you don't have backed up and need!

go to http://www.linuxiso.org./distro.php?distro=7 download the *.iso files for the 3 install disks under redhat 7.3 Don't worry about the SRPM images.

Open you favorite CD burning program and find the option to burn a cd image (or equivlant wording) and select the first iso file. Burn away.

Once the first one is done, you can test that it works by booting you new system with that CD in it's drive. You'll usually need to burn the other 2, depends on the options you select when installing. Follow the prompts ect on the screen. Linux usually needs to know some information about the hardware you have installed. It is easiest if you have this information written down just in case. (sysinfo report fom windows will usually suffice)

If the system won't boot of the first CD you made, double check that your bios is set to boot from a CD

.iso ? wtf?

Downloading, now.

21k a second.
1k a second.
122 k a second.

LoL.

Well since you have some time to kill, read up on burning an ISO image with your CDR software. Or if find another program that will burn it. I personally use nero, almost any burning software will do.

The links on www.linuxiso.org can help getting you started.

Help with iso images:
- ISO Image FAQ
- How to Burn ISOs
- Verifying ISO Images