Re: [Sheflug] Hi - I'm new!

[Craig Andrews <nospam1045405695-10142 [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 13:39, Antony Hawkins wrote:
> No, I'm not (yet) a linux convert, but I am seriously considering it, 
> hence my subscription to this list.

Welcome to the list!

> I know there are free Linux OS's around, the flip side seemingly 
> being that the less you pay, the more technical expertise you need 
> to install them. While I'd consider myself to be technically 
> competent, all my experience is with windows and thus may not be 
> a lot of use!

Both Mandrake and RedHat have free versions which are identical to the
ones you can buy. These, along with SuSE, are regarded as the most
newbie friendly, as it were.

> Do any of the paid-for, simple-to-install options have a free trial 
> option?

SuSE used to do an evaluation version, although that seems to have gone
by the by of late. If you would like a single disk version of RedHat or
mandrake, I'm sure I, if not someone else, can rustle one up?

HTH,

-- 
Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk


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