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I have Redhat installed on one of the computers on my network.

I like it quite a bit...very easy to navigate around (and ++++ for the kickass screensavers )

The only thing i dont like about slackware is that it only offers a pre-compiled kernel optimised for i486. most linux distro's optimis for i686 (and some ven also have an athllon optimised kernel.

but this can all be solved with a quick re-compile with a more suitable optimisation.

I've had Slackware Linux on my box for a little more than a year, and I must say I realy like it!
I'm currently using a dual boot system using the NT os-loader, and it works just fine.
Must of the time I use Linux (especially after I got the drivers for my graphic card to work properly =) ), I still keep Windows on the my partly 'cause I'm not the only one using it, and I have a few programs and games, I haven't got to work under Linux yet.

Slackware is not realy a newbie-friendly distro, but it is fairly easy to use and mantain and has got a lot of nice tools, and a good packagemanagement system.

I wouldn't recommend anybody scared of the command line to use Slackware, because you'll not even be able to install the system without using it.
This however, I don't think is a big problem. It is not very hard to learn, and is a very powerfull tool.

One other thing that is realy great is that Slackware is that it is so fast, it is not very demanding at all, compared to other modern os'es.

I have Red Hat Linux installed in my PC... I am a Novice and don't know much about the greatest eye catching features of Red Hat but due to its ease of use, I prefer Red Hat and I have voted for the same. Moreover I think installing softwares in Red Hat is easy like it is in Windows... so I like Red hat to others...

about other features... I am still exploring....

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u can try also MEPIS Linux, installing software in that is very easy as in Rea Hat Linux but u have for u all the software that can be found for Debian (an huge resource ), but it is more light than Red Hat =)

I have Red Hat Linux installed in my PC... I am a Novice and don't know much about the greatest eye catching features of Red Hat but due to its ease of use, I prefer Red Hat and I have voted for the same. Moreover I think installing softwares in Red Hat is easy like it is in Windows... so I like Red hat to others...

about other features... I am still exploring....

i've voted MEPIS Linux because i'll tried it recently and i was very surprised -.-

he support .deb packages so when u install it u're sure that u'll find any programs u need.

it's easy to install and recognize all your device (excludin my broadband modem) and configure them.

but my first love remain Mulinux! but it isn't in the list

I use debian. I don't think any distro comes even close... I've used gentoo too, and i started once with redhat...

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Have you tried Ubuntu? It is based on debian but built to be for user friendly. I think it does an ok job

I use debian. I don't think any distro comes even close... I've used gentoo too, and i started once with redhat...

"I'm new to all this. I've always been with a windows system, so going into programming, of course, led me to linux. I haven't really ever seen it in action, but I'm curious. I'm going to try out Red Hat 9 for the first time I suppose. Just wondering if that's the right way to start out? Should I go with Red Hat or Mandrake. Just curious. I've read about both, and I guess they both have their advantages. All in all, I guess either/or would be sufficient to mess around with anyways."

I should go for Mandrake, imho the best option to start with linux. Knoppix is a good option too, but there are fewer possibilities. I think Mandrake is the most user friendly. (however, I never used Mandrake for a long time, so I'm not really sure... I guess you're save with both distros...)

Somthing like that.

Rehat is a Company, Fedora is a Community.
although redhat kicked off fedora, they dont control it.

Isn't Fedora Core funded by Red Hat Linux? They decided that they would split two ways; for people that want to use Open Source/Free linux, use their product Fedora Core and choose Red Hat if you want to use it for a business or 'enteprise'.