🚀 go-pugleaf

G'day all,

It is not my intention to start a race war with this question,
but I would like some opinions, please.

I have an old PC which I'm thinking of using as a "second computer"
when I finally get round to upgrading.  My idea is just to use
the box and get a cheap 486 (?) motherboard to fit, and then have
a bit of a play around with linux with the machine.  This is
probably quite a stupid idea for one who has had very little
background in unix generally, but don't let that deter you from
offering advice!  :-)   I'll have 8MB of RAM with a bit of luck.
But presently only 105MB HDD -- maybe not enough?

Somewhere I've read that the various "flavours" of linux have
significantly different attributes when it comes to ease of
installation, future "upgrading", etc. etc.  Therefore I would
be very interested to hear the opinions of experienced people
concerning which distribution (Slackware, Redhat, ??) would be
most suitable for a neophyte starting out in the game.  (Though
I probably should be asking beginners what they had found to be 
best when *they* started out. ;-)

Also, what would be the best way of obtaining what you recommend
here in Oz?

Please include me by e-mail in your distribution to make sure
your comments arrive here.

Thanks for your trouble.

Cheers,  Ian S.

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