Linux

Kitain, to answer your questions, Yes.
As for ease of setting it up, it depends on which form you are using, and your competency level. If you are used to using command line or reading from a decent book, then it shouldnt be too hard. Yes apache runs in linux. I recommend using the linux bible. They should have one for each update (7, 7.1, etc.)

Pandabean,
first of all take a deep breath. If you will look on the cover it has written in large friendly letters the words " DONT PANIC". Ok, What kind of computer are you gonna be installing it on? i586 or higher is for the intel chipset stuff. sparc and the rest are for a different type of system. If you are running winbloze, then your not using sparc. i486 is older pent 1 or 2 chips.

I is running an AMD 1.2GHz and using windoze.

you should use the i586 one. I recommend check with the website to be absolutely positive but you should be good to go.

Pandabean, good luck with linux, oh and welcome to the darkside.

Still dunno which to download.

Thanx Preacher

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Still dunno which to download

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You do do not need:

Linux-Mandrake ISO image for IA64, Sparc, UltraSparc, Alpha, i486 processors
Mandrake Linux 8.2 ISO image for PPC.

These are designed for computers that are generally not available at your local computer store (Mainframes, 64 bit architecture). Your best bet is what 10dedfish told you to get. Namely,

Mandrake Linux 8.2 for i586 and higher
Mandrake Linux 8.2 ISO images mirrors for i586 and higher<<--a mirror is simply a copy of the main distribution site, and you use this to find a server closer to you.

Don't worry. It's not as scary as it sounds :)

Pandabean,

Make sure you have DSL and a CD burner before you embark on the adventure of downloading Linux from the internet. If you're on dial-up, it'll take a helluva long time, and if you don't have a CD burner you won't be able to make a bootable CD. (correct me if I'm wrong) Actually buying Linux isn't that bad of an option either, they had Mandrake 8.1 on my local walmart for $50, and you get support and a crudload of software with that too.

It just so happens that I took a screenshot of my Enlightenment desktop just recently :cool: Here it is:

-DÆmon

Hello all,
Thank you for the replies, i have it more clear now.
One question is that to setup FTP on Win i need some external tool or IIS. What about on Linux?
I should need a kind of IIS to be able to setup a web and FTP server, what is the tool name? Does it comes with the Mandrake? I download three CD´s that i´ll burn during the week, after work and my intentions are to set it up over the weekend, before fathers day (it is my own gift).

Bye for now,

There are lots of available FTP servers in linux. I think RedHat distros use wu-ftpd (you should be able to google that) as the default, but I'm not really sure what Mandrake uses, as it's been a while since I had a mandrake box and I never ran an FTP server on that one. Look for wu-ftpd and if you can't find it, come back and ask again and I'll be glad to see what I can find for you.