what linux to get

[FrankieF21]

i am looking into getting a linux for one of my laptops. I am plannin on also running windows on it because i will not be the sole user of the laptop. I had mandrake linux on one of my pcs a while ago but lost it when i formated the harddrive because of a virus. I plan on learning how to program so if that matters. thanks

[crouse]

Mandrake has one of the easiest installers, and is the one I always recommend for anyone just starting out with Linux.

Any of the versions usually can be used for programming.

I've done c,c++,python, and perl, mysql, postgres ... not to mention html/xml stuff using mandrake. I'm not real good at any of them mind you , but I have worked with all of them using mandrake

[FrankieF21]

ok thanks. I was readin online an article online and it kinda got me fused adn wanting to get into linux again. By easy instalation how easy is easy. Last time i installed it well i didnt really install one of the techies that worked on my schools server helped me and i kinda forget most of it. it was a while ago so. thanks. Wherewould i be able to get a download of it. thansk

[zepper]

If you don't have high speed internet, you can get Mandrake 9.2 on CDs (3) from eBay. I paid less than $2. + shipping for it. You can also get the latest SuSE and others there.
.bh.

[ArcticFox]

Yep, another vote for Mandrake. If you don't like that, give SuSE a try if you can obtain a copy. For some reason I like RedHat but I'm replacing it with Mandrake 9.2 when I get, something about it makes me feel at home.

Please don't flame me for recommending RH to a new user....

[FrankieF21]

well i do have high speed so should i just do a search for it on google. thanks for your replys.

what site shouold i use to download it

[HeadBand]

go to www.linuxiso.org it has all the images for just about every distro

[FrankieF21]

what is the difference between PPC and i586

eadit: do i just download all three of those and then burn them onto cds and put the cd with the install files into the laptop. thanks

[ArcticFox]

Originally posted by FrankieF21
what is the difference between PPC and i586

PPC is short for PowerPC, aka Macintosh. i586 is Pentium-based, but AMD is the same thing too.

[FrankieF21]

ok thanks