[TriLUG] Installing Linux

[Greg Brown]

In my humble opinion, if you are going to teach a Linux focus on
knoppix.  It's a great teaching too and a wonderful distro. 
Installation to the HD is an easy task using 'sudo knoppix-installer'
from the command line.

Greg

On 8/6/05, Douglass Davis <douglass_davis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am running an Intrex Pentium 4 1.8 GHz w/ 512M of RAM.  My motherboard is
> a 845G by MSI. 
>   
> I have Red Hat 7.3 installed on a partition at home.  I have had it
> installed for a while.  I had many problems with using it, including Gnome
> crashing for no reason.  So I stopped using it after a while.  But, now I
> would like to just either upgrade that partition to a newer version, or just
> erase everything and start over. 
>   
> I just tried to install Suse 9.3 at home and got the message "An error
> occurred during the installation."  Nothing specific as far as what error it
> was.  I verified the installation CD and it was fine. So, no luck with Suse.
>   
> My question is, what do you think is my best option in terms of erasing the
> partition and installing a new version of Red Hat, or upgrading to a new
> version?  What version should I use?  Also, I am looking for something free.
>   
> I know a little about Linux, but I am not an expert.  By the way, I will be
> teaching a Linux class at a local college in the Fall, so any help any one
> could give would be good. :) 
>   
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