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I will buck the trend and not recommend Red Hat. At least not Red Hat 7.0.

Aside from that I recommend finding a friend who runs Linux and asking them what they run, make noises that you are interested. Do this a couple of times and you are likely to find someone willing to help you get going.

At that point install whatever they run because they just volunteered to be your support (whether or not they realized that they did) and whatever they use is what they can best help you with...

After you have some experience, then switch to something else. (I use Debian. No, I know this support line trick and I won't be your support line... :-)

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Re (PotPieMan): In Defense of Red Hat
by PotPieMan (Hermit) on Mar 21, 2001 at 06:03 UTC
    Red Hat 7.0 really doesn't deserve the bad reputation it has been given. Once updated with the appropriate RPMs, it is a stable distribution.

    For those new to Linux, Red Hat is a great choice. So many developers make RPM packages. (Although I don't like their recent change to a fee-based system for the automatic updater. Just find a local FTP mirror and get the RPMs there.)

    But, as you say, there are stronger distributions for those with a bit more experience.

    I hope this doesn't start a flame war, as I am already dangerously offtopic. :-)

    Update: Forgot "of" in the title. I need more sleep....

    --PotPieMan

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