[BlackHorseman]

I want to install a Linux OS on my PC (possibly as a third OS). It's a Pentium II, 350MHZ, 256MB RAM. I've heard of Redhat (7.2 is the latest version, yes?) and SuSE (there is the personal version and the professional version). Any recommendations? I'm a bit new to this.

Thanks,
Daniel.

[strudles]

I chose RedHat as my first Linux OS to install. And honestly, it was no more difficult than Windows. Just be sure to note what hardware you have (video card, monitor, and nic or modem) before you commence the installation.

[codejockey]

RedHat, Mandrake and SuSe are all popular distributions that feature easier installation interfaces. Because they are popular, you are likely to find technical support (formal or otherwise) when you need it; there are plenty of other users willing to help. In general, however, there are far more similarities than differences among Linux distributions. There are also other excellent distributions that are not as widely used as these three. A lot boils down to personal preference, but for a first-time installation, you may as well select a distribution that is easier to install over one that is harder to install -- after all, if you can't install it, you can't start learning about it!

Hope this helps.

[BlackHorseman]

It helps a lot ppl, thanks.

SuSE, RedHat and Mandrake all sound fine, so I guess I'll take the one that's most available to me here.

Hope I'll be visiting this forum more often in the future :-).

Daniel.

[Toddles18]

heres a website to download ISO files to burn onto a cd to install from, i did redhat 7.2 without a problem.

http://linuxiso.org/

[Gibble]

slackware is another popular distro

[AngryClip]

I am also new, I was wondering if there was anywhere that I could download a single file instead of having to FTP it!

Thanx in advance

[sysmxm]

Plenty of advice on choices...

You can download images of all distributions mentioned from www.linuxiso.org. The iso file can be made into a bootable cd (if the original cd it was made from was bootable). Instructions for doing this are on this site ( !!! ).

I've downloaded several linux firewall "appliance" distributions from this site (and the one I use as an .iso file from smoothwall, a different site). All .iso files from several sites have worked flawlessly.

Best of luck.

[Icefyre]

I recently installed mandrake, and like it better than the version of redhat my school has installed on most of the unix boxes. Honestly though, I think it's very hard to distinguish between them when you're starting out.