posted 19 years ago
If you're just interested in trying out Linux, you might consider downloading Knoppix -- a bootable read-only CD distribution. Burn it onto a CD, boot the CD, and have fun.
If you're interested in a friendly, free distribution, try Mandrake Linux.
If you're interested in a manly, yet free distro, try Debian or Gentoo Linux.
But Fedora is perfectly lovely. THe main difference between Fedora and the old Red Hat Linux is that people used to think that they got free support with the free download, which was never true.
All of these are easily Googleable.