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On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:06:51 +0200, Jonathan Fourie wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Please excuse my netiquette for multi e-mailing. I am a newbie to the
> linux world, and I would like to know which distribution you would advise.
> 
> I have ripped out an old computer and want to install and start
> using/learning linux.
> 
> I have already got fedora core, and for some reason, after an installation
> it cannot update or connect to the redhat network. Do I need to pay for
> some kind of subscription. I thought Linux was a free, open source OS
> 
> 
> Thank you
> Jonathan Fourie
> Another newbie, wanting a change

Which version of Fedora Core did you install? Fedora Core is completely
free as are the updates, however each FC release is only supported for 18
months or so. You should have used FC4 or FC5.

However if you did install a current Fedora Core then your problem could
be a simple misconfiguration of your network, for example if you don't
have the correct IP of your name server in /etc/resolve.conf then your box
won't be able to do any DNS lookups and if it can't do a DNS lookup it
won't be able to find the update servers. Does web browsing work from your
Linux box? If you can find google then your network is OK, if you can't
then it's a network config problem.