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Linux...version suggestins

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OK...I've got this HP Pavilion sitting around gathering dust.

500 MHZ
AMD K62-'Now'
128 megs ram

Never having worked with linux, any suggestions as to which version?
An why one versus another?

Thanks,

PAS
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Post by llimllib »

Mandrake, Suse: Easy to install, good hardware detection

Debian: apt-get rules.

and, when you get stuck, I suggest that you ask questions here. They know a hell of a lot more than me. Good Luck!
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I'll second Debian. Spent a few years with RH then got shown the light. Not only does apt-get rock, but their security team is amazing. They got a patch out for the whole recent ssl vunerability before some of the "advanced notice" people even heard about it.
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I just installed it on my laptop a couple weeks ago, and the only thing that bothers me is the slow update pace. For example, the ony stable PHP package they have is 4.1.2, although 4.2.2 is in testing.
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Post by nielsene »

Its useful to remember that most of what they call testing, others call stable. In many cases I'm willing to run production systems on Debian "testing".
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