choosing a distro and version

[Ed Barnes]

Hi Alex.
Thanks for writing.
I would actually prefer to go with a system that is not a dual boot because
I hate dual boots unless they are the *only* option so I will be running the
system on a system dedicated to Linux only.
I also want the challenges of configuring the system as someone who will be
graduating from an I.T. program in May.
I feel the little introduction we received with regard to Linux totally
missed the boat so to speak so I want to teach myself all I can.
I am going to go Red Hat because there are more users of that distro locally
so I figure should I do anything to totally mess up my machine I'll have
more help sources around here should I need to avail of them.
Thanks and have a nice day.
Ed Barnes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: choosing a distro and version


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.


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