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Hi everyone,

I'm moving to Linux, and would like to know which distribution everyone would recommend for my PC
(Basic Specs:
AMD Duron 700,
64MB SDRAM (Upgrading to 512 soon)
36GB Hard Disk (30GB Free)
External Modem
LAN Card)

Any suggestions would be appreciated

BTW, this computer would be used for a part time webserver, possible game server, and otherwise for programming.

My personal fav is Linux-Mandrake 7.2 or 8.0

THey are good, solid, robust, and full-featured. And they come with alot of apps.

Thanx, thats what I was gonna get before I discovered these forums - and now someone agrees with me!! Yay! :D

Do you think I should spend £5 and just get the CD's, or pay £50 and get the printed manuals as well?

Need my eyes tested...
 

For a second I thought your username was alancox not adamcox... that would have been an interesting question I bet!

Jamie...

eh???

Who is alancox??? :confused:

To address your question, maybe you should give a vfat version of Linux a try before you reformat? What exactly is a vfat version? Well it's one that can be installed on a Windows partition without having to format anything at all.

PhatLinux is one that comes to mind, and Linux Mandrake comes with Win4Lin, which also is a vfat version.

Sort of a try before you commit sort of thing.

Cool - I'll have to try that

Alan Cox is one of the maintainers of the Linux kernel, AFAIK generally seen and the number two guy... He runs http://www.linux.org.uk/ and is employeed by Redhat kernel hacking full time.

Jamie...

I would go with mandrake 8, not 7.2 because i heard its junk. I personally run red hat 6.2 and find it very easy. But if i was you i'd with mandrake 8.
just my 2 cents...