Hi,

Personally, I'd go for one of the major distributions to start with..

RedHat Debian SuSe

These distributions can be downloaded. I've always used commercially-produced CDs (ie Boxed) to do installs.

FWIW

Mark Wilkinson.

-----Original Message----- From: alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk [mailto:alug-admin@stu.uea.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Andrew Savory Sent: 11 September 2000 09:55 To: alug@stu.uea.ac.uk Subject: [Alug] Linux (fwd)

Anyone care to help?

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:51:15 +0100 From: "Nikel, Martin" Martin.Nikel@pbh-tr.anglox.nhs.uk To: "'info@anglian.lug.org.uk'" info@anglian.lug.org.uk Subject: Linux

Whats your reccommended way to get into Linux. I am quite an 'open' person, but during my workplacement here at this hospital, I have been bombarded, and forced to learn Microsoft Products. While at Uni in my first two years, I learned the concept of Unix style systems, and the importance of Open Source.

Where can I get started on Linux/Apache/MySQL etc? I have a PC I am willing to format, and stick Linux on. Where do I get the disks? Whats the best flavour of Linux?

Any comments would be appriciated!

Martin Nikel Web Support & Development Officer Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust 3 Thorpe Rd, Peterborough, PE3 6DA Tel: 01733 874925 or 2570 int (2670 ECH) Fax: 01733 875700 "Unless expressly stated otherwise, the contents of this message represent only the views of the sender as expressed only to the intended recipient, do not commit Peterborough Hospitals Trust (PHT) to any course of action and are not intended to impose any legal obligation upon PHT."

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