[CLUG] Linux

[adam beecher]

Patrick's been onto me off-list and is downloading the SuSE FTP install ISO
atm, so I guess we can dispense with the advice until he comes back fuming
about that. :)

Ski, you coming in to say hello Friday week? Been a while since we saw you!

adam
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cork-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:cork-bounces at linux.ie] On 
> Behalf Of Eamon Skelton
> Sent: 22 February 2005 21:19
> To: Patrick Crowley
> Cc: cork at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [CLUG] Linux
> 
> Patrick Crowley wrote:
> 
> > I'm just wondering which distro of Linux would you guys recommend, 
> > where I can get this Linux boot disk and what i need to do 
> to install.
> 
> Thats a bit like asking which religion you should follow :-)
> 
> If you want to play about with Linux, you could try Knoppix 
> or one of the other live bootable distros.
> I have a fairly recent Knoppix CD if you want a copy?
> 
> For a hard-drive installation, most people reckon that the 
> RPM based distros like Fedora/Redhat, SUSE and Mandrake are 
> easy for beginners.
> The latest SUSE is on the current issue of Linux Format magazine.
> 
> http://distrowatch.com/  will probably leave you even more 
> confused than you are now.
> 
> http://www.tldp.org/ for docs.
> http://www.freshmeat.net for software.
> http://www.linux.org for general Linux stuff.
> 
> Have fun.
> 
> Ski.
> 
> 
> 
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