best version of Linux?

[doodoo]

There seems to be many types of Linux OSs out there..

Which one would you vote for the most innotative product?

Thanks!

[Morpheus1964]

Well, they're all the same basic Linux. The difference is seen in what else comes with it. Each distribution has a different variety of applications and utilities packaged with it. And some are better at certain things than other because of the 'bundled' stuff.

I personally run Slackware, which is about the most popular overall (by a narrowing margin). There's abosultely nothing wrong with RedHat, especially for beginners.

As far as the best VERSION, of Linux, I'd definitely recommend d/ling the newest version of whatever distribution you pick.

[psyklone]

i personally prefer redhat. and i usually recommend putting on an older version, like redhat 5.2

granted, older versions may not have as much support built in for various newer hardware, but there are integrated utilities that you can run from the command line to try and rig it to work. i know that may sound like a bad suggestion, but in reality you'll probably learn a lot more about the operating system and how it works as opposed to some of these newer distros that are pretty much wanting to boot straight up to a gui. then, of course, once you have a handle on what's going on just switch to whatever flavor of linux you want!

[Dominus]

I'd definately recommend Mandrake 7.0 for anyone using Linux on a desktop machine. All the software you could possibly need comes with it pre-configured, including KICQ, GATOS, Samba and many FTP clients. It uses the RPM package manager, and comes with partial USB support.

Of course, all thisis available for any other distro, but the great thing about Mandrake 7.0 is that everything is pre-configured, so you don't have to worry about anything.

For my servers, however, I like to use either Redhat 6.1, Slack 7.0, or FreeBSD.