i'm looking for the RH9 iso files of all 3 discs but all links leads me to fedora project.... what does it mean? does RH9 download links already gone, or they don't release RH9 for a some reason, and what is the reason ?

Even here at this site's download link RH9 doesnt refer me to that download of the iso files....

i dont have a copy of it since the 3 cds were broken by accident, i need it to install it on my pc.

Do you have another links for those iso files....

redhat has gone commercial so they don´t offer downloads anymore. if you have broken cds i suggest you contact redhat.
otherwise, choose another distro.
there is one distro that is downloadable and made from redhat source. alas, i don´t remember the name.

edit: CentOS, if i remember correctly

Redhat officially ended support for Redhat 9 in April or May of 2004, if I recall. It has not been supported for a *very* long time, and quite frankly I don't think it can be recommended any longer as a viable distro.

As you've discovered, Redhat has made some changes. Their officially supported, corporate distros is Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and their open source, personal Linux distros is now the Fedora project, which currently is in release v4. You would have to buy RHEL, but if you want to use the free Linux distro that Redhat maintains, download the Fedora Core 4 (FC4) ISO's. Good luck with it either way and Welcome to LQ

try here
dont know if the links will still work though

http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=7

cheers
floppy

Ok, i dont have any idea that RH9 had gone commercial. A friend had just handed me a copy of RH9 and told me to try linux aside from windows. Unexpectedly my younger sister played with it.

All download links here are not available anymore.
I'll try another distro..

Good idea. RH9 is so out of date, you would hate it.

If you are looking for another distro to try, either download Fedora core 4, which needs 4 CDs, or try another distro such as Ubuntu which IMO is easier to use and comes on 1 cd.

Anyway, it is important to use an up to date distro because any security problems have been fixed, and the software will be better supported.

--Ian

for a newbie Ubuntu and Knoppix are great as they are single CD fully loaded distros that allow you to both try them LIVE (without installing anything) or to install from the CD.

As for newbie friendly distros all of the following are very friendly:

FC (fedora core)
CentOS (this is just a legal free vs of the current RHE (redhat enterprise))
Ubuntu
Knoppix
SuSe Pro 10 (may or may not be free, but IIRC Novel offers a free Live CD to play with)

all of them are very simple to figure out how to install and work with. all three offer powerful GUI installs and desktops that any one who can install and configure windows can install and configure their new Linux system.

good luck, and welcome to LQ and the wonderful world of

These distro have powerful GUI's as windows...

Does it have its commandline/terminal to be studied about

if i learned more about linux; i would suggest my friends here and even teach them on how to use linux....

only few of us here wanted to learn linux. coz they said its not that easy to use....

it only takes time to get used to it

all linux has the standard CLI terminals.

someone asked about a newbie friendly distro, and still considering myself a newbie, i found that the GUI install and base GUI desktop helped me loads when converting from MS to Linux world.

I am happy to say that in roughly 2 years I went from dabbling in linux to having nothing but linux and OSx at my house and at my office. I could not of made the switch as easy as i did without the heavy GUI of RH9.

my current fav. distro is debian and that does not have a nice GUI installer, nor does it install a heavy GUI desktop by default, at least not the way i do it *grins*.

i just apt-get everything after i get the base system 1CD installed.

what is that OSx i heard it all before but i dont know if it is x86 compatible?

i'm always in the windows world since i've started from MS-DOS, win3.11 up to XP. so i want some changes. i want other chanllenges by other os

is debian distro a new one? i forgot to ask about it

if you insist on redhat "variants" , here is a ftp site which have some redhat 7.3 and 9 iso :: redhat iso
judging from the directory name , seems that there are also some enterprise "ungrades" stuffs within that link and specifically , redhat 9 iso is in the directory of "/linux/RedHat/9/iso/i386" ...

according to "readers voting" , CentOS finished 2nd (Below Ubuntu and above Fedora Core) , these might shed some initial clues in advocating free software at your place ...

also dont forget to have a peep at this Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide , print it out from windows , it doesnt need to be ubuntu specfic , have some quick and simple clues at what linux can do for you ...

anyway , if you are going to be a "pure" linux guy , eventually you will probably also go into other distros like debian , slack and gentoo and LFS etc etc ...

linux is easier than microsoft windows ...


//hope this helps you in one way or another ^_^

btw ... after trying helping you , i'm now kind of interested in this centos ... hope that i dont suffer *nix-based gastrointestinal disorder ...

debian is OLD, one of the older distros.

CentOS is a fork from RHE, meaning it is something that took the base RHE and some minor changes were made. in the case of CentOS, they took out all of the trademark RH icons and what not and replaced them. other then that nothing has changed.

OSx is the MAC OS so no it will not run on any kind of PC as it requires Apple hardware.