Good point, Liam!

In May of 1997 I purchased a book from SAMS Publishing called "Learn Linux in 24 Hours", by Bill Bush. It took me about 30 hours. :) In the back of the book was a RH 5.0 CD, a very NICE distro.

There are other handy references:
"Running Linux, 3rd Edition" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/runux3 (best)
"Linux in a NutShell, 3rd Edition" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut3
and for learning about programming in the Linux environment (using more than just KDE or other GUI-RAD IDE's)
"Professional Linux Programming" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861003013/o/qid=992540958/sr=2-2/107-7172010-5971750

and, of course,
"Kylix" http://www.borland.com/kylix
and
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672320606/ref=pd_sbs_b_1/107-7172010-5971750
or others.
JLK




>Hi Ronald,
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>I'm afraid I can't offer a comparison of the various distros as I've only ever installed Red Hat. (I have a Debian distro but haven't gotten round to doing anything with it).
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>There's plenty of information on the web about installation, configuration, etc. However I found that to get all the resources you need when starting out, nothing beats a good book. When I began I got a few books and found the best one to be Red Hat Linux Secrets by Naba Barkarati. It comes with a CD containing a release of Red Hat and I found the installation and config instructions very clear and helpful. It also deals with more advanced topics and I still use it as a reference manual.
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>Have fun.
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>Liam
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>>I have never seen Linux run let alone installed it. However, that being said, I am thinking about installing it on a computer and trying my luck with it.
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>>What installation package does everyong recommend?
>>Any good web sites for information about installing it?
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>>TIA