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I'd like to download linux....
Name: Will Twomey Date: June 29, 2002 at 21:50:18 Pacific
Comment:
Anyone know a good site where I could download linux? I just can't stand Windows anymore. =(
Any and all info would be appreciated (do i burn onto a CD, or run setup?)
Name: Ryan Date: June 29, 2002 at 23:00:52 Pacific
Reply:
Hello-
First decide what distro you would like to download. The most common are Redhat, Mandrake, SuSe, Slackware, as well as many others. Redhat and Mandrake are generally recommended for newbies. Once you make a decision just go to their site, and select download, it will present you with a list of mirrors you can download from. Generally you download a few ISO files. I know the most current redhat version has 3. You download these image files and burn them to cd's . Then you just run the setup but inserting them into your cd rom and booting your computer (assuming your bios are set to boot from cd rom. if you have questions email me. hth
-Ryan
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Response Number 2
Name: DarthMoon Date: June 29, 2002 at 23:29:25 Pacific
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here is a site to help you
http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html
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Response Number 3
Name: skiff Date: June 29, 2002 at 23:42:53 Pacific
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I found it much easier to just buy a distro from some place like ebay... I picked up Red Hat 7.1 last summer along with Star Office and another Red Hat CD for under $10... it's not bad and the install is pretty easy to figure out, and you can be pretty sure you've got everything you need... just the other day I saw a 6 CD Red Hat 7.3 distro for $12 on ebay. good luck, and welcome to linux!!
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Response Number 4
Name: Lawrence Date: June 30, 2002 at 05:34:40 Pacific
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www.linuxiso.org
Lawrence
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Response Number 5
Name: Mark Date: June 30, 2002 at 07:00:39 Pacific
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distrowatch.com has a lot of info on current distros. Find one that matches your tastes.
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