Uhmm it looks like I missed the original post but my advise if you're 
going to go Red Hat is to use 7.1 or 6.2  7.0 had some problems. Also if 
you are *brand* new to unix you may want to start with Mandrake 8.0  
easy to install and use but you can do power things when you get ready 
for them.

Carl P.
(my two bits).

Jim wrote:

>Just a point of clarification.  Debian (and Slackware) are the hackers dreams 
>in terms of learning the guts of Linux.  But that doesnt mean you cant learn 
>just as much with any of the others.  They just present you with a very 
>familiar type of GUI interface that makes using it right out of the box 
>easier.  You can still dig under the hood any time you want.
>
>On Thursday 19 July 2001 12:39, you wrote:
>
>>If you really want to _learn_ linux, not just how to use it, but the
>>technical nitty-gritty --Go with Debian.  If you want to simply use linux
>>as you would use windows then Mandrake is probably best.
>>
>>There's no better way to learn than diving in.  Sink or swim.  I must have
>>re-installed Slackware 5,000 times when I first started learning linux.
>>
>>Blake Barnet
>>Sr. Unix Administrator
>>DevelopOnline
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Ron Russell [mailto:ron@siliconbuddha.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:43 AM
>>To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>>Subject: Introductions
>>
>>
>>Hello all.  After my post to aztechlist I was referred over to here for
>>being a good place to learn Linux stuff.
>>I'm a Microsoft bigot and it looks like I'm turning to the dark side. <-
>>Please don't flame me that was a joke.
>>
>>I'll be installing my first Linux OS this weekend and hopefully getting it
>>to dual boot with Win2k.  I haven't decided on a distribution yet, but it
>>will probably be Redhat.  I've been told that I should get the redhat Linux
>>bible that has the 7.0 distribution so I think I'll be buying that.  Is the
>>Red Hat 7.0 distribution relatively current?
>>
>>And I'll be getting the O'Riley "Running Linux" book as well (due to
>>popular opinion).
>>
>>Ron Russell - MCSE, CCNA, CNE
>>480-6-Buddha
>>Silicon Buddha LLC
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>>www.siliconbuddha.com
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