# Linux question
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [September 29, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447 "2004-09-29T06:23:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/1 "2004-09-29T06:23:09Z")
I have some free space on my HD here at work and want to try out linux. I went to [linuxiso.org](http://linuxiso.org), but there are like 20 different versions, which one/ones are descent for a n00b and have descent driver support? i just want to load it and play with it for a while, I don’t want to write new drivers and spend hours on an install.
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### Author:  [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/2 "2004-09-29T06:24:12Z")
RedHat
SuSE
Debian
Those are the three main distributions.
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/3 "2004-09-29T06:26:12Z")
are they basically the same?
I saw one of your screenshots which had linux, which one are you using?
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### Author:  [@silvrhand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silvrhand)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/4 "2004-09-29T06:28:59Z")
use RedHat the installer is easy: Fedora is now their free version: [http://fedora.redhat.com](http://fedora.redhat.com)
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/5 "2004-09-29T06:30:22Z")
^ agreed.
i run redhat ES and it’s almost as easy as a windows install… not too much to it for a beginning linux user!
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/6 "2004-09-29T06:31:57Z")
thanks uber nerds :bigthumb:
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### Author:  [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/7 "2004-09-29T07:03:04Z")
I just downloaded the new Suse to run on one of my machines, not sure if you want the iso
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/8 "2004-09-29T07:05:49Z")
i have Knoppix which is a bootable cd OS… no need to install if you are just going to play aorund.
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/9 "2004-09-29T07:13:34Z")
> [@whitey](#):
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> I just downloaded the new Suse to run on one of my machines, not sure if you want the iso
I am downloading the 4 Fedora iso’s right now, but thanks.
> [@fshowcars](#):
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> i have Knoppix which is a bootable cd OS… no need to install if you are just going to play aorund.
I want to run throug hthe install to see how easy it is to use. I seem to be the only one at my work willing to try new things, so I want to try this out and let my boss know if it is any good or not.
I had to fight for 6 months last year to move everyone from win95 to xp and 2k, the mentality here is, if it ain’t broke don’t even think avout an upgrade. We still use Corel Wordperfect instead of Office, but I am fighting for Office, because everyone else in the world uses it and we have tons of compatibiltiy issues with vendors.
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/10 "2004-09-29T07:29:58Z")
wow, win 95 with corel… 🤣
yeah, redhat is great for a network… linux isn’t the easiest to pick up, but it’s a great OS… i run it on my firewalls, webservers and mailshield. 🙂
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/11 "2004-09-29T07:37:41Z")
> [@fshowcars](#):
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> wow, win 95 with corel… 🤣
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> yeah, redhat is great for a network… linux isn’t the easiest to pick up, but it’s a great OS… i run it on my firewalls, webservers and mailshield. 🙂
I had the same reaction when they hired me here. A few computers we had when I got here 4 years ago didn’t have hard drives, but had a boot floppy with network support for novell. they were DTK 25mhz pcs with a 5 1/4 floppy drive. And we had them until we upgraded everyone last year to win2k and xp.
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### Author:  [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/12 "2004-09-29T07:44:57Z")
:bowrofl:
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### Author:  [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-question/169447/13 "2004-09-29T08:08:26Z")
wow… i feel bad for you, actually having to deal with it… ug