Danny Kile wrote:

> I have an old PC laying around doing nothing, P2 233Mhz, 192MB Ram.
> Thought I would play around and learn something about Linux, question is
> this what is the best and free version to download and where is the best
> place to get it? Also, after getting Linux installed I would like to
> turn the PC into a firewall with a couple of spare NIC's, I have laying
> around. What is the best firewall software and again looking for
> something free.
>
> Thank you for any responses in advance,

You can try LiveCDs like Knoppix and Mepis
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

They boot up from CD and run without installing
and try out different distros.
If you want to install to hard disk,
you can run QtParted, create an ext3 partition
and install - with Mepis its easy - it has installer.
With Knoppix you need to open a console window and enter
sudo knoppix-installer

You can either turn these installs into firewall, or
get a dedicated distro for it like IPCop which is
a CD installer. http://www.ipcop.org/