On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 04:02:18PM +0200, Christoph Bugel wrote:
> A collegue at work (a very good C++ programmer, by the way) asked me how to
> install Linux, and where to get it.. I find this a hard question to answer.
> Personally I have been using slackware for some years now, and I have no need
> to try any other distro. But I don't know if this is what I should advice to
> other people who explicitly ask for something 'windows-like' and 'easy to
> install'.
>
> I have suse 6.3 cdroms lying around, but things move so fast here that this
> seems like way too old. I should probably advise him to try redhat, but I never
> installed that. Does anyone know how redhat can be installed from the web (I
> don't have a cdrom). Can I download an iso image and burn it? Are there up to
> date images on linux.org.il? Is it easy to install redhat from the web or did
> they make it extra hard, trying to get people to buy a cd? And should I use the
> latest version or not?
By the way, has anyone tried installing Progeny? Would you recommend
it for beginners?
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