any linux redhat 9 experts here?

[neogin]

i need some advices .. i just broke my laptop's hdd today .. i'm thinking to try redhat 9 .... any ideas how to get the linux? is it still free? is it good???

i'm window xp lover so .. i wanna give it a try ...

[zackepceo]

First off: no. Don't even try unless you're willing to forget just about every thing you know. And Red Hat is a terrible distro to learn Linux on.

If you're really wanting to go to Linux, go SuSE or Mandrake.

[Dags]

I agree - go Mandrake or SuSE - both are much easier to setup than the Red Hat distro.

There's quite a steep learning curve with linux still but it's not a bad idea to put it on a separate partition to mess around with.

I wouldn't recommend trying to move completely over to it yet.

[hucsman]

Then again, you can always try Linspire :D...

[treffmeister]

SuSE is really the best distro. It combines power with ease of use. Even Linus uses a near-default install of SuSE on his home PC. (Obviously with the latest kernel, seeing how he writes it :P)

[neogin]

what is the newest version?

i have no idea about mandrake and suse .. plz tell ..

[treffmeister]

SuSE 9.2
Mandrake 10.1 or maybe 10.2