I'm a windows user who is considering switching to linux. I've heard that
you can have both windows and linux on a computer. I was wondering which
"version" of linux can be recomended? I know there is Mandrake and RedHat
out there, but I don't know what to go with. Please send replies to me via
email.

Tony

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In article <_icJ9.231$BS5.81581@news.uswest.net>, Tony wrote:
> I'm a windows user who is considering switching to linux.

Good! Welcome to the club ;-)

> I've heard that you can have both windows and linux on a computer.

Indeed - as a matter of fact, a lot of linux users do just this.

> I was wondering which "version" of linux can be recomended? I know
> there is Mandrake and RedHat out there, but I don't know what to go
> with.

Check http://www.distrowatch.org/ - I recommend you take a serious look
at Debian as well (my personal favourite)

> Please send replies to me via email.

Nope! Check http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html - You ask a question
to the community, and the answer shall be given back to the community.

Sybren
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I believe it was Tony who said...
> I'm a windows user who is considering switching to linux. I've heard that
> you can have both windows and linux on a computer.

Believe it or not, you can have a computer without any Windows at all.

> I was wondering which "version" of linux can be recomended?

Why dont you read the 464,234,185 other articles on this subject and
answer that yourself?

> I know there is Mandrake and RedHat out there, but I don't know what to go with.

So try them both.

> Please send replies to me via
> email.

Yeah, right.

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Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:33 pm will from hence forward be known as the day Tony
blabbered:

> I'm a windows user who is considering switching to linux. I've heard that
> you can have both windows and linux on a computer. I was wondering which
> "version" of linux can be recomended? I know there is Mandrake and RedHat
> out there, but I don't know what to go with. Please send replies to me via
> email.

[...emailed aswell...] *sigh*

I would personally recommend that you use Debian, but if you are just looking
to get away from windows then Mandrake is definately the go. Some useful link

http://www.distrowatch.com/
http://www.google.com/linux/
http://www.volutin.net/articles/lin...dist/index.html

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