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Could somebody help me as i am a bit confused. I wish to put a distribution of Linux on a spare (5GB) HDD and i was wondering what distribution i should use on it.
Considering that all i want it for is to test it out and maybe program a bit of C.
I can get my hands on an old version of RedHat although it is pretty old (Its from my local library). This will be the first time i will be using a Linux OS - so erm.. i need help, as it does not look easy.
How much (MB) would the files be if i were to download them off the internet and install from CD?
Thankyou,
James

Turbonutter wrote:
> Really best to let the installer do it, though.
The last time I did that it messed up the drive names and without much thought I pressed enter and waved bye bye to loads of college work.

Pfft.

Oh and, Gnome sucks :P

*runs*

Oh, I compiled cfdisk :D

Depends what distro.

I never dared to do the whole "fdisk and mkfs" thing with Gentoo.

Really best to let the installer do it, though.

Turbonutter wrote:
> He has a seperate disk..

My bad, 2 partitions then.

He has a seperate disk..

Anyway, cfdisk will partition it for you at install-time.

You'll need to make 3 partitions as well, I reccomend using something like Partition Magic before you install.

I personally use Gentoo Linux.

[URL]http://www.gentoo.org[/URL]

It's difficult to set up, you load the CD and you get a commandline. But the handbook is very helpful to follow, and you'll get A LOT of support off the community forums.

You'll come out of the install knowing one heck of a lot of Linux/Unix related stuff and you can crack on with creating the system YOU want it to be.

Well worth the effort, and a brilliant distribution.

Thing is, most of these distros try to install KDE, which is the windows-like interface. However, that's a BAD thing, as Windows just isn't perfect. GNOME is my preferred GUI, because it's just better. Different, in a good way. Surely that's what you want?