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dwfan:
oh, and i have a internal v.92 PCI/Data/Fax/Speakerphone Modem

Doctor V:
I always suggest Mandrake to beginners.  Mandrake is a newbie distro, but its not as sickly dumbed down or windows wanabe as distros like Xandros or Lindows.  Suse is not up to date anymore.  Red Hat is also good for beginners, but I think Mandrake is a bit easier to get used to, and runs just as well.  Go ahead and Choose A Mirror and download all the ISO files.  Then burn them to CDs.  You have a CD burner right, there should be a special option for burning ISOs with your CD burning software.  Then pop in the first CD and follow the instructions.  Welcome to the Linux world.

xyle_one:

quote:Originally posted by Doctor V:
I always suggest Mandrake to beginners.  Mandrake is a newbie distro, but its not as sickly dumbed down or windows wanabe as distros like Xandros or Lindows.  Suse is not up to date anymore.  Red Hat is also good for beginners, but I think Mandrake is a bit easier to get used to, and runs just as well.  Go ahead and Choose A Mirror and download all the ISO files.  Then burn them to CDs.  You have a CD burner right, there should be a special option for burning ISOs with your CD burning software.  Then pop in the first CD and follow the instructions.  Welcome to the Linux world.
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Good choice on mandrake. I have mandrake 9.1 installed right now, and so far, it is my number 1 choice. I haven't played with Red Hat 9 yet, so that could all change.

dwfan:
just got to work today and friend gave me box set of SuSe 8.0. going to install tonite. wish me luck.

preacher:

quote:Originally posted by Doctor V:
I always suggest Mandrake to beginners.  Mandrake is a newbie distro, but its not as sickly dumbed down or windows wanabe as distros like Xandros or Lindows.  Suse is not up to date anymore.  Red Hat is also good for beginners, but I think Mandrake is a bit easier to get used to, and runs just as well.  Go ahead and Choose A Mirror and download all the ISO files.  Then burn them to CDs.  You have a CD burner right, there should be a special option for burning ISOs with your CD burning software.  Then pop in the first CD and follow the instructions.  Welcome to the Linux world.
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I dont just reccommend Mandrake to beginners. I suggest it to experienced users too. It has all the functionality and power that any other distro has, not to mention it has some very cool and easy to use utilities that make things in linux so much easier than with Slackware.

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