Hello all, I have an obtuse question. I am currently using redhat 9. I recently got a new computer and I am thinking about using a different distro. I don't want to be stuck on redhat in case they get into M$-like licensing or anything like that. I don't want to be dependant on the up2date system. However I don't want to have to constantly check for updates and handle recompile a chunk of software every time a security hole is found. I am still a beginner as far as linux is concerned. If a new distro is going to require hours and hours of troubleshooting/updating, I should probably stay with redhat. My obtuse question is this: what is a solid distro that is not underneath a huge corporation like redhat is that a beginner can use? This is pretty subjective so feel free to email me off list so as to not start a war of any kind. TOm _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list