Mandrake or Red Hat?

[Jamie_R]

I'm thinking about doing Linux and was wondering about which version to choos. I've read a good bit of the stuff in the link above, and it gives great info about Linux and the two "flavors", but I can't really get an idea as to which one to use.
Any Ideas?
Remember, I'm a Rookie at Linux :)
Thanx!

[UOD]

Originally posted by Claude_Ballz
I'm thinking about doing Linux and was wondering about which version to choos. I've read a good bit of the stuff in the link above, and it gives great info about Linux and the two "flavors", but I can't really get an idea as to which one to use.
Any Ideas?
Remember, I'm a Rookie at Linux :)
Thanx!

I'm a Rookie at Linux

Get Mandrake. Get a good book also...check out O'Reilly's Running Linux.

Redhat is really good also but Mandrake is more geared for the beginner.

[Jamie_R]

Thanx UOD ... what about all these other brands - like Slacker, SuSe etc. Are they just Linux w/ different wrapping?

[master7]

Slackware is for the more advanced Linux user.

[Jamie_R]

Well, that counts out Slackware :D

[Stef]

You got it, their all based on the Linux kernel with little differences in software packaging and system management.

Stef

[Stu]

In addition to a book or two on the topic, you might want to find your local Linux Users Group (LUG) and join. Here's a list (http://linux.com/usergroups.pl) of 'em. Also, the newsgroups are a great resource--as well as sites like Linuxnewbie.org (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/). Finally, Linux.com (http://linux.com/) has an article (http://linux.com/article.pl?sid=02/03/09/1727250) that gives a fairly decent description of Linux in general, and gives a breakdown of the major distributions (RedHat, Debian, Slackware, SuSE, etc.)--what their goals are and stuff like that.

[Jamie_R]

Thanx for all the great info guys! I wound up going w/ SuSE. It read like it was very newbie-oriented and that's me when it comes to Linux :) Now as soon as my Hard Dive comes in (had one die on me), I should be ready to Rock-n-Roll :)