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October 20th, 2003
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Getting Linux
I'd like to re-learn linux and more familiar with it. any info would be much appreciated. thanks IDLE |
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You need to choose which distrobution of Linux you want first. There's more than one.
Redhat Mandrake Slackware SuSe etc. |
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www.linux.org is the place to start for all your Linux needs
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October 20th, 2003
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free linux.
i am familiar with redhat but i am not wanting to pay for it 
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I may actually be insane.
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RedHat is free.
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Don't forget to check out http://linuxiso.org/ The name is pretty self-explanatory.
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Redhat is free to download, you only pay if you buy ready made disks.
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By definition Linux must be free. It is required by the open source distribution liscence. What they charge for is fast download, cd's, support, etc.
Go to Redhat, Mandrake, etc websites and look for the free downloadable version. It is there. When you find it, it will give you a list of mirrors. One of those was a state university in the upper midwest (forget which one) it was the best mirror. The distro's vary in size but figure 3 to 7 CD's. Doing the math that is gonna take a while. I did the downlaod of both (mandarake and redhat) last spring. They both worked fine on a crappy old K6 machine. The one installed more easily (I think it was Redhat, but can't swear to that). Do some research first to make sure the brand you pick supports all your hardware (i.e. has drivers). |
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I downloaded and installed Redhat 9 a couple weeks ago, it went pretty smooth. Only drawback that I have is that I dual boot with it. If possible, it's best to toy with it on a seperate machine. =/
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October 21st, 2003
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thanks for all your help guys. i am almost done DL'ing redhat 9. i really appreciate the info
Thanks IDLE |
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