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avello500:
so ive decided to make the switch and need some advice. i was on the fence but this forum has pushed me over the edge  ;) .ive read thru the forums and looked at info from several links,linux.org linuxiso. yadda yadda. anyways from what i gather i will probably go with RH8 or SUSE, there are others that im downloading to try out, about 9 total. i figure ill check out what works and what works for me. im sure ill be bugging the hell out everyone with questions in do time (my appologies).
i do have a couple questions to start with, if there are links to tutorials and such that i missed please let me know. i dont want to take up to much of anyone's time.
anyways. question #1 ive noticed that most distros have 1 or 2 cd's, 1 for install and 1 for packages. i noticed the download for RH8 is 5 CD'S?????? 3 are installs and 2 are SRPMS(???? im assuming those are packages)is this distro bloated or just that kick ass?
question #2 once ive found the distro i like is it worth buying it from a retailer? would i get more value from what might be in the packaging?

as always thanks for the help
viva da tux  ;)  

oh by the way any sore windows fans out there can give me there ip and ill show em just why i switching.

slave:
If you're new to Linux, SuSE, Redhat, or Mandrake are good choices.  Personally I like Red Hat Linux 8 because it is very polished and hassle-free, but you are welcome to try Mandrake or SuSE.  Suse isn't free to my knowledge, however, and furthermore I ran SuSE Linux 8 for a while and found it to be buggy and annoying.  But that's just my opinion.  As for what disks to download, for Red Hat you probably will need the first three but don't worry it's worth it.  You can get by with the first 2 but if you want to install programming tools/ kernel headers/ etc. you will want the 3rd disk.  If you like a distro enough then you can certainly buy the retail version which comes with some nice manuals and sometimes extra programs (like StarOffice)  You'd also be supporting the makers of your distro.  Anyway, whatever you choose I'm sure you'll be happy with it, but if you have problems don't hesitate to post them as we have people here who are very knowlegable about Linux.  Have fun!

[ November 23, 2002: Message edited by: Linux User #5225982375 ]

voidmain:
And you can find all the RedHat 8.0 manuals online here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/

The downloaded version comes with OpenOffice 1.0 (it's what StarOffice is based on) and Evolution (a nice email client much like the full blown version of Outlook, but without the viruses).

slave:

quote: And you can find all the RedHat 8.0 manuals online here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/
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Yes, but can you read those manuals while sitting on the toilet?

Doogee:
Would you be scared if i was to say yes?

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