Chris,
I personally would recommend Redhat 7.1. I too am relatively new to linux
(3 years) and still have a LOT to learn.
I have tried mandrake 8.0, and found it dead easy to setup and get working,
even persuaded some of my MS only colleagues to change, and they had no
problems with install either.
I then removed the install of Mandrake (I have never liked YaST / YaST2) and
installed Redhat 7.1. I found this just as easy to configure, and all is
still well after 3 1/2 months, running a firewall, and various servers both
at home and work.
I would suggest, instead of taking our word for it, installing and using
each distro, and making your own mind up. I would also suggest getting a
book on Linux (whatever distro you decide to stick with) and a BIG jar of
coffee :)
Gordie.
(PS apologies to all that find out this mail came from an MS client, Im not
at my machine at the moment :) )
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From: Chris Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: SLUG (E-mail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08 September 2001 21:17
Subject: [scottish] What distro?
>I am a complete newbie to the world of linux however I want to explore. I
>have a box on to which I plan to put linux, if I could figure it out I
would
>make it an internet firewall and a mail server, poss. other stuff if I got
>adventurous. The thing is what distro so I choose?
>
>At the moment I a copy of SuSE which came with a book and I have downloaded
>Mandrake and Red Hat as these were the names I had heard of most. What
would
>you recommend I install which isn't extremely complicated but still gives
me
>power to do what I want with it.
>
>Thanks in advance for all suggestions
>
>Chris
>
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