I am interested in trying out RedHat Linux. But I have a couple of questions first: 1. Can Redhat be booted off of a live CD like other Linux Distros? 2. I know that Redhat can either come with KDE or Gnome. Is there a way to tell which one it comes with or is the only way to find out is to download it and try it? (I prefer KDE.) 3. I found a download mirror site containing ISO's for every Redhat version, but some of the later versions come with 3 ISO's! (Labeled Disc 1, Disc 2, and Disc 3) Each ISO is ~650 MB. Is Redhat really that big? Thanks for any responses! -Trent Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM Windows 98 SE

Redhat is oldhat. Fedora can from Redhat and it is now in version 9 (?)

"I prefer KDE" Hardware requirements Desktop / Required RAM / Required CPU fluxbox/idesk / 48MB / 100 MHz XFCE4 / 128MB / 200 MHz Gnome 1.x / 256MB / 500 MHz Gnome 2.x / 384MB / 800 MHz KDE 3.x / 512MB / 1 GHz "These values are general rules of thumb. KDE will start on computer systems who should have been moved to museums long ago, like a Pentium 100 with 64 MB RAM, but it will run horribly slow." "For a hot new box with lots of RAM and a fast CPU I recommend KDE 3.x or Gnome 2.x. Gnome is bloated and KDE is even more bloated. This is great, but all those fancy features demand more CPU and ram." http://linuxreviews.org/software/de...

arochester, the latest version is Redhat 9, which is also out of date. I am interested in the older, original versions of Redhat because they will run on my machine better than the fedora based ones. jam, i know KDE and Gnome are power gluttons, but Redhat 9 requires 400 Mhz and 192 MB, which the compaq exceeds. (Just barely!) I'm not sure what version of KDE Redhat 9 uses, but I would like to try it with KDE 2.x . If it comes with KDE 3.x, i'll try an older version of Redhat. Now, what about the 3 ?'s I asked. Thanks for the info, though you two. -Trent Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM Windows 98 SE

Does the Redhat installer actually ask you if you want to use it with KDE or Gnome? Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM SimplyMepis 3.4

I just don't understand why you insist on trying to run OS's that will run poorly with your system specs. BTW, it looks like you went back to Win98SE again...what happened? I thought you said Win2K was running perfectly & you weren't going to change it?

Jam, what the hell to you care?!? This is my test computer and I will put any OS on it that I want to! I don't need your negative comments, that have nothing to do with the questions I have asked, which I have got from you ever since I joined Computing.net! Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 256 MB RAM SimplyMepis 3.4