Happy New Year
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Whirlybird
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Matt, what's the main difference between Red Hat and say Ubuntu or Mint? I know it's been around a long time and used in the business community.
Lee
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I woke up this morning an saw there were a load of new posts on this thread. thought i was going to see lots of best wishes etc for the new year. Instead, its just a load of geeky computer crap LOL Only teasing I now have OSX, XP, Win7 and Win8 on my mac. Just testing to see which i like. I'll have to put Linux on there to get the full set.
BOKI
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I don't know if you heard of my computer problem! I get a message AMDKMDAP display driver successfully recovered! Or the screen gets lines going back & forth & then a windows countdown to dump screen ! Then I cold boot it & it recovers! Just started happening this last week! But the Error message above comes up! Having a computer guy coming today at 8:30 am today! Computers are fun! 
murankar
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Redhat is more enterprise oriented, it's a US based company and offers all the same services as most professional distros.
Redhat offers major updates (the first number in the doted version number) every three years. In between upgrades they do offer regular minor updates (the second number in the doted version number).
Redhat is one of the three originally available versions. Due to this it is one of the three oldest versions available. Redhat will only release a stable platform that is not "bleeding edge" but current.
Ubuntu (really it's Debian the second of the three original versions) is more geared towards simplicity for the user. More for the person who wants a windows type of experience. As you may know Ubuntu releases major updates every 6 months so there maybe a chance of breakage. I will say that I have used Ubuntu for some time and it holds it own. I have had an almost perfect experience with it.
Currently I went with CentOS 6.3. This is essentially Redhat with different branding. Most students of redhat use CentOS to learn Redhat. When ever Redhat releases updates CentOS will offer the same updates.
In order for me to get most of the same functionality as Ubuntu I had to add a bunch of repositories to my package manager. It was a bit of a pain but well worth it.
The last of the original releases is Slackware. Slackware is a super stable O.S. they only use stable packages so nothing is the most recent version. Slackware is a die hard Linux platform. They release major updates years apart like Redhat.
Personally if you want to learn Linux I would go with Redhat. It has everything you need to learn it and the file system is to Linux standard. You will need to do some configuring which adds to the learning experience.
Any other questions just ask.
Redhat offers major updates (the first number in the doted version number) every three years. In between upgrades they do offer regular minor updates (the second number in the doted version number).
Redhat is one of the three originally available versions. Due to this it is one of the three oldest versions available. Redhat will only release a stable platform that is not "bleeding edge" but current.
Ubuntu (really it's Debian the second of the three original versions) is more geared towards simplicity for the user. More for the person who wants a windows type of experience. As you may know Ubuntu releases major updates every 6 months so there maybe a chance of breakage. I will say that I have used Ubuntu for some time and it holds it own. I have had an almost perfect experience with it.
Currently I went with CentOS 6.3. This is essentially Redhat with different branding. Most students of redhat use CentOS to learn Redhat. When ever Redhat releases updates CentOS will offer the same updates.
In order for me to get most of the same functionality as Ubuntu I had to add a bunch of repositories to my package manager. It was a bit of a pain but well worth it.
The last of the original releases is Slackware. Slackware is a super stable O.S. they only use stable packages so nothing is the most recent version. Slackware is a die hard Linux platform. They release major updates years apart like Redhat.
Personally if you want to learn Linux I would go with Redhat. It has everything you need to learn it and the file system is to Linux standard. You will need to do some configuring which adds to the learning experience.
Any other questions just ask.
Tony
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Just an FYI for everyone, this exact post or topic that has jacked the thread, is being talked about over on EZ Ethernet. URI, I know you have an account there but if anyone else wants an account, you will have on PM me on here and let me know. I have the forum closed for registrations since it's just a basic "play around" forum.
Whirlybird
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Thanks Matt HAPPY NEW YEAR! I've been playing around with Ubuntu, Mint and now the Commodore OS. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! As you say very user friendly. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
(PS . . . Matt, throw a few HAPPY NEW YEARS in your post up there and it will be legal
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I think we are ALL a little Attention Deficit . . . Our minds wander a lot HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I've been playing around with Ubuntu, Mint and now the Commodore OS. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! As you say very user friendly. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!(PS . . . Matt, throw a few HAPPY NEW YEARS in your post up there and it will be legal
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I think we are ALL a little Attention Deficit . . . Our minds wander a lot
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
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callsign4223
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Woohoo, I feel all gangsta cause I helped hijack the thread.