[thelist] thinking about making the switch (m$ to *nix)

David Bindel dbindel at austin.rr.com
Fri Nov 29 12:35:04 CST 2002


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Linux distros only cost money if you buy the CD set.  IIRC, they have
to make the download of the distro available for free.  This goes for
Red Hat also.  Look carefully and you'll see than you can download
Red Hat for free.

You might look into Slackware Linux... It is significantly less bulky
than Red Hat, and it works very well for Linux beginners (i.e. ME!!)


HTH,

David Bindel

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From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Chris W. Parker
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 12:13 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] thinking about making the switch (m$ to *nix)


hey eveyone,

lately i've been thinking about making the switch (at least for web
servers) to a low-cost/free alternative. i'd like to hear what
suggestions you have on operating systems and such.

i looked at the redhat website and was surprised to see that redhat
8.0 is 150 bucks? then again i tried to setup openbsd once and could
only get the thing installed and that's about it (maybe i should get
a book). and maybe the high cost is the tradeoff for ease-of-use?

here are some goals/ideas i've got...
1. i'd like to save money on the cost of the box. including os,
hardware, and random programs. 2. i'd like to get myself familiar
with the unix/linux world (what's the difference anyway?).

i'd appreciate any
explanations/diatribes/pointers/references/suggestions you can give
me.


thanks,
chris.

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