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I  have narrowed it down to these two distributions I am pretty sure.
I would like some advice though.  I have been on the newsgroup for
about two months reading the questions and answers and I have got to
say that this NG beats any tech-support hands down.  You guys are
great!:)  Now to the questions.  From what I have heard,  RedHat is
easier to install than Slackware is and and easier to maintain.  The
problem is that I don't won't to be *totally* spoon fed, I want to get
my hands a little dirty.  I was also wondering, will I be missing out
on anything if I chose Slackware over Redhat as in what the package
offers,  RedHat comes with Apache server for example .  I could just
as easily get both and try them out. aaaaaaaaaaaah!!  I don't know
where to go!
  A few last things, sorry about this.  The book Running Linux from
O'reilly, will this help me if with either Slackware or Redhat. I know
one version of the book comes with a version of Redhat. Since I have
heard so many great things about the book I think I am going to pick
it up.  
 I have found a lot of information about setting up Linux on a Win95
machine with one HD but very little info on two HD.  I would like to
dedicate on HD to Linux.  Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Bryan
Email or post.

Remove the spamfree to email.

I am replying to my own post because I have found one answer, I know
which distribution to use, I am going with Slackware.  I visited the
Walnut Creek site and decided I want linux on a motorcycle.  So I will
have to suck it up, get my hands dirty and learn how an operating
system works, I can't wait.

Don't fret I'm jumping in feet first.

Quote:>   A few last things, sorry about this.  The book Running Linux from
> O'reilly, will this help me if with either Slackware or Redhat.  

Good luck, and have a lot of fun!   Steve

Hey Bryan,

    I know I shouldn't give advice, for I am a newbie myself....however I
felt to I should say that I have been playing with Linux for about 3 months
total time and have really enjoyed Slackware.  The reason is I am a CS major
and enjoy toying with my computer.  I got board with OS's like Windoze and
needed something with a little challenge.  Well, I tell you now...Linux is a
challenge and FUN!!!!!  I have learned more about my system and OS's than I
ever have before.   One word of advice that I can give....Don't get
frustrated and do read the man pages trust me they do help....

Ejvend

RedHat attempts to spoon feed you, but it doesn't work.  It has tons of
GUI interfaces for setting everything up, but nothing really works well
for what anybody would want.  I would go with slackware.  It has most of
the config files already so you just edit them instead of writing them
from scratch like RedHat.

spake unto us, saying:

Quote:>RedHat attempts to spoon feed you, but it doesn't work.  It has tons of
>GUI interfaces for setting everything up, but nothing really works well
>for what anybody would want.

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