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Open2Change:
Sorry - learning all the time. I just got a pop up about Facetwin...am still reading (and reading and reading and reading).

FacetWin??

Researching some more - thanks. You guys have been great. (and endlessly patient)

TheQuirk:
SuSE. I installed the home edition and I love it! Libranet is also pretty cool.

jtpenrod:

quote:If you had to choose between SuSE, Bear, Lindows, or as is typical, RedHat - which would you choose.

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My choices for the Linux virgin would be either Mandrake or Lycoris. Lycoris has the advantage of being not-too-different from Winderz, so it's not so intimidating, and it installs easily. However, it's still new and not quite so mature as 'Drake. And so, Lycoris can sometimes be flakey. 'Drake is also quite easy to install, comes with some excellent documentation, offers quite a lot of apps, and is still a full-featured Linux that will still prove useful even after you get over the newbie stage. It's not just something you learn on before getting a "real" distro.

Go to Mandrake Linux and check out: Mandrake Linux: Installation and User Guide and Mandrake Linux: Reference Manual. Lots of good information there, and both are free downloads. Also keep this one handy as well: Linux Newbie

And don't forget: there's a new Mandrake release due later this fall  :D  
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Their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws  ;)

sporkme:
linuxnewbie.org has solutions to nearly every linux problem ever, ten times over

mandrake has been treating me very very well, even better than redhat

i will try redhat 8.x and mandrake 9.x after a point release has passed

and use kde 3

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