Richard L. Proctor wrote:
> On Monday 23 December 2002 11:49 am, Brian Cluff wrote:
> 
>>On Friday 20 December 2002 10:30 pm, Vona and Travis Vanlandingham wrote:
>>
>>>Howdy,
>>>I'm starting at ground zero with Linux, I've been contemplating
>>>installing Lindows because of it's compatability with windows apps. My
>>>doctor who is a Linux nut said no,no,no, Mandrake 9.0 I confesss total
>>>igrorance in this
>>
>>The problem with lindows is that it's subscription based,  They want
>>$100/year to keep you updated with the latest software.... but if that
>>doesn't bother you, it does get great reviews.  I would also recommend
>>mandrake, it makes a great distrobution for the first timer.... although I
>>would look into debian once you get the hang of things, it gets rid of a
>>lot of headaches associated with installing and updateing software, but the
>>install and initial setup can be a little hard for someone that isn't
>>familiar with the device terms and such :)
> 
> 
> Well Redhat is also subscription base,  you get one free machine,  and 
> anything after that your suppose to pay a yearly fee for.

Only if you use up2date.  I just mirror the needed directories from the 
updates.redhat.com site to a local server and update my installs from there. 
Could probably do something similar with Debian and apt :)