Linux ?[Resolved]

[Pirate]

Where can I download either Linux or Unix (I don't know more about them) . All what I know that it's free and open source . I need last edition for beginner .
Thanks in advance !

[siyan]

If you're new to it, use Mandrake or Redhat.

They usually get you to download from mirrors. www.redhat.com or www.mandrake-linux.com will get you started.

[Pirate]

Originally posted by siyan
If you're new to it, use Mandrake or Redhat.

They usually get you to download from mirrors. www.redhat.com or www.mandrake-linux.com will get you started.
Is it free and is there any tutorial ?:D

[Pirate]

Yes , I'm new to it . I dunno what version should I download . The below link has two versions each with 3 disks (unbelieveable:eek: more than XP) . little help !
http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/

Thank you !

[Pirate]

*bump*

[Sastraxi]

i386.

[Pirate]

This list under i386 folder :
shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:39 608M
shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:43 645M
shrike-SRPMS-disc3.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:46 425M
shrike-i386-disc1.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:26 638M
shrike-i386-disc2.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:30 646M
shrike-i386-disc3.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:35 485M

problems :
1-Which one ?
2-I'm using Internet Download Manager , it throws error while trying to download any of these links . How download it with IDM ? or Is there any alternatives ?
Thank you !

[siyan]

Originally posted by Pirate
This list under i386 folder :
shrike-SRPMS-disc1.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:39 608M
shrike-SRPMS-disc2.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:43 645M
shrike-SRPMS-disc3.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:46 425M
shrike-i386-disc1.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:26 638M
shrike-i386-disc2.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:30 646M
shrike-i386-disc3.iso 13-Mar-2003 22:35 485M

problems :
1-Which one ?
2-I'm using Internet Download Manager , it throws error while trying to download any of these links . How download it with IDM ? or Is there any alternatives ?
Thank you !

Originally posted by Sastraxi
i386.

[Pirate]

What siyan :confused: ?

[siyan]

Originally posted by Pirate
What siyan :confused: ?

Originally posted by Sastraxi
i386.

[Pirate]

I'm going insane :(. Do you see something I don't ???:rolleyes: I clicked i386 and got the above list labeled disk1 , disk2 , disk3 each of which more than 600mb . the problem now is how to download them with internet download manager ? I got this error "Can't download this file. Details : HTTP/1.0 502 Bad Gateway"
There is no such option . is there http link ?
:(

[siyan]

In your file list, 3 isos have i386 in them, which indicates that they are compiled for the x86 architecture. The SRPMS, however, are platform independent (pre-compiled state).

So don't download the ones that say SRPMS.

Your download manager might be messed up or the site may not be letting you download from it with a manager. Try this place:
ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/redhat/redhat/linux/9/en/iso/i386/.

[Pirate]

Thank you siyan , sorry for acting like newbie but .. this will be the last question promise:D .

click this :http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=7

Do I have to download all of these ? or are they extra stuff ?
version 9:

Red Hat - Install Disk #1
Red Hat - Install Disk #2
Red Hat - Install Disk #3

[siyan]

Get all 3 if you can, but you can generally do without the 3rd one.

However....if you choose a package during install that is on the 3rd cd, and you don't have it, you'll have to cancel the install and the setup won't get to the XFree configuration portion (at least thats how it was with RH8...it MAY have changed). In such a case you'll be stuck without any real graphical support and you'll have to configure X yourself.

So, get all three.

[Pirate]

Thank you buddy . I'll get them all .:D