RE: Linux

Go get the current version of Red hat.  They are profitable and not going to
go out of business tomorrow morning.  http://www.redhat.com/apps/download/
has a downlaod for free option but it takes a long time as it is a BIG file.
I think it will run on 16 mb of ram and lots of people still run it on a
486. check the web site and see what minimum requirements they have.

The only difficulty with Linux is that EVERY three letter combination means
SOMETHING.  also, there is a linux convention every spring in Raliegh? or
other city. there are also linux magazines and on line sites that provide
discussion and tutorials

Walter
Pax Et Bonum

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-servers(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-servers(at)hwg.org]On
Behalf Of Reywob(at)aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 11:52 AM
To: hwg-servers(at)hwg.org
Subject: OT: Linux


Hi

I'm looking at trying Linux for the first time, both as an alternative OS
instead of Windows and to learn how to set up a webserver (although this one
will not be connected to the internet).  In my local newsagent there are two
versions at the moment, Linux Mandrake 7.1 and Suse 7.0.

Which would you recommend?  It needs to be capable of running on a 486 with
16Mb RAM

TIA,
Peter

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