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I have a version of Linux on CD-ROM. Its Red Hat Linux 8.0.

I don't know a whole lot about Linux is this a new version or really old version?

I've also seen, I believe Phandora 4 books at a bookstore. How many different version of Linux are there, and what is the difference in them? is Red Hat/Phandora similar to saying Windows Me/XP, or are they completely incompatible?
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You might also want to look at http://distrowatch.org/ to get an impression on how many different distributions there are; it's a jungle ;)
According to http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat redhat 8.0 was released on 2002/09/30.
There are more recent releases and the "red hat spin-off" fedora at http://fedora.redhat.com/
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It's not a spin-off, it is a successor. Federoa is RedHat. They gave it a new name, because they now offer RedHat for enterprise environments.
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It works with the codebase provided by red hat, there are still red hat products and the fedora project tries to get more autonomy and self-reliance. That's a "spin-off" to me ;)
But yes, I will keep it in quotes.
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Fedora provides a test bed for RedHat. You could say Fedora is cutting edge linux due to its release of new stuff fequently.

This serves RedHat well in the sense that Fedora (been Redhat underneath) is a stable platform on which RedHat can test its systems via a large user base.

You could have done worse and got hold of SuSe which is now in the popcket of M$.

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Fedora Core is the unsupported, community driven version of Red Hat Linux (or Red Hat Enterprise Linux). Typically, FC is the cutting edge version of what Red Hat is offering/planning to offer. It has an enormous following and community that offers tons of support (similar to our community here).

Keep in mind that Red Hat Linux (or Fedora Core) is just one of a large number of available Linux distributions available. Which distro you choose to use depends entirely on what you want out of your OS in terms of look and feel, usability and ease of use/installation. It is a bit of a holy war among enthusiasts, but if you search around enough, you will find the right distribution.
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K82 wrote:I have a version of Linux on CD-ROM. Its Red Hat Linux 8.0.

I don't know a whole lot about Linux is this a new version or really old version?
Yes, that's a old version. And becuase you can simply download a CD disc image of any of the latest versions for free, you should get a more current one.
K82 wrote:I've also seen, I believe Phandora 4 books at a bookstore. How many different version of Linux are there, and what is the difference in them? is Red Hat/Phandora similar to saying Windows Me/XP, or are they completely incompatible?
I would recommend the latest stable versions of Fedora or Ubuntu. Both are reasonably easy to install. I would suggest trying one to see how it works with your hardware and your own personality. If it is a struggle then just try the other and it will probably be better. That's the great thing about Linux ... it's not Microsoft's way or the highway any more.
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