choosing a distro and version

[Alex Snow]

Hi Ed,
I am a first-time linux user and have a piece of advice: If you haven't used
linux befor, download "zipspeak" from
ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/slackware/zipspeak/zipspeak.zip
It's a preconfigured slackware that will run from a fat partition.  I'd
suggest it for people who are new to linux.  It is pretty easy to setup and
I know how to set it up.  Also it's author is very helpfull.
Hope this helps
Alex Snow
P.S.  I am working on a red hat version of zipspeak.