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| Where can I get a free copy of Red Hat to play with? Some people were telling me that certain books have copies of the OS. Any other sites? Is Red Hat the best Linux distro to practice with and get familiar with for either Linux+ or the LPI certs? Any suggestions or comments? Thanks | |
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| www.redhat.com
look at top right, click the *download* link
follow, check mirror site etc etc
select download site, from redhat or one of the mirror (mirror generally faster because most ppl just click redhat's link) load up a ftp progy (www.smartftp.com) etc... and download away... if its slow, cancel and then find another mirror site... university usually have a nice pipe... some cap it at 100...  try various ... (and of course, hopefully you nottice that most of the mirror carry other distro also... so download them and burn.)
You can also purchase iso here
http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/linux/index.php
among many others.
you can as your friends indicated, get the distro off the book.
redhat linux bible for example
all distro pretty much the same, the real difference in the exam is where package management is concern and that is still focus on redhat over debian. it is pretty much a trivial matter imo... get couple distro, install one, play, nuke, install another nuke, and so on... it is not an exact science. you will get the most benefit by figuring it out yourself what distro suits you... one factor of course, is what hte book cover at the moment... and you make the determination of whawt would be the best distro to load for that...
the dumb answer is
redhat.
the smart answer is... whatever that works (ie... any).
what distro would I keep on hand? (general use)
redhat, slackware, debian lightly, mandrake lightly, and of course, BSD (oh save the technicality that it is NOT a linux distro! ;/ )that pretty much cover it imo.
edit: heh just noticed edmunds don't carry redhat anymore? hmmmm legal thingy?
edit: laugh http://www.edmunds-enterprises.com/...dtl/product/167
egg salad inc 
"This company has asked to not be mentioned by name and is hereafter referred to as "Egg Salad". Egg Salad is a registered trademark of Egg Salad, Inc. This product is not a product of Egg Salad, Inc. and is not endorsed by Egg Salad, Inc. This is a product of Edmunds Enterprises of America and we have no relationship with Egg Salad, Inc. "
anyway, http://www.linuxiso.org | |
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| oh one more thing...
I am not sure how well you know linux... but I am just assuming that you don't know much because you have to ask
anyway... the best lpi book, lpi nutshell by oreiley, is a very good book to study from, even for the new exam, is AWEFUL as a learning book. it is a certification book that address the exam objectives, not one someone new to linux can pick up and learn from.
if this fit your case, you may consider purchasing one of the redhat bible book etc, they are pretty good to teach ppl how to use linux. once you are done with that book, you will find the lpi nutshell much easier and pratical to use in your study.
i checked amazon rating, redhat 8 bible seem to suck... dunno, last rh bible I check was 7.2 which I thought was pretty neat. anyway, exam is not cutting edge, so the books for 7.*, if you can get it cheap, would be a good addition to your tech library. | |
| tohrt 2003-03-27, 11:04 am |
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Originally posted by bkone
Where can I get a free copy of Red Hat to play with? Some people were telling me that certain books have copies of the OS. Any other sites? Is Red Hat the best Linux distro to practice with and get familiar with for either Linux+ or the LPI certs? Any suggestions or comments? Thanks
First thing I would do is check out your local Public Library for a Red Hat/Linux book. They quite often have a CD inside with it on it. Would save a bunch of download time.
Next I would do the download option.
Red Hat is high traffic. Which means a dog sh_t slow download.
Do a google search for ftp's. The major universities have them & I get my best download speeds off them.
Or try www.linuxiso.org & click on the top left icon. It has all the current iso images. Latest RH ISO is 8.0. RH 7.3 would be good to learn on. 9.0 is due out April 7th.
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