I installed Redhat into my system. The reason? This was the version my friend was running and he told me about this one, so I downloaded and installed it. Simple enough
But as I am searching the net, I am coming across many other forms of linux made by other companies. Redhat seems to be the most popular (maybe this is reason my friend suggested it to me
), but I have another friend who runs his web server using debian. I have also come across suse, mandrakesoft, slackware, and caldera.
My question is what are the main differences between these different versions? As a newbie, is this a difference I would likely notice? What would be the pros of using some of these versions of linux over the other?
Sorry if my question seems really broad, but I would like to find out why there are so many choices and what the differences are so I can make the best choice for myself.
Thanx
M.R.