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Best linux distro??
neo_x500:
My last computer had a couple of partitions on it, but my new one doesn't. Since I'm dual booting I will have to repartition (and reformat) my hard drive. (I've played around a little in DOS, I know what fdisk is, a little suprising to the old timers here, since command interface hasn't been a requirement in computer skills since windows 9x became standard *hack* cough* Ripoff*. Anyway, maybe after I get linux going on my computer, I can convince my dad to let me put it on the family computer. I was a little confused about the iso's, I didn't see any in any of the folders, and the largest amount of space was taken by rpms. I'll get it figured out.
By the way, sorry I started the topic like this, I can already see it's going to start a big argument. I'm going to try mandrake for now, and after I get a little expierience, I'll move on to something a little more technical.
[ June 09, 2003: Message edited by: Neo ]
neo_x500:
It's driving me crazy, I cannot find one single iso file on any of the sites I've tried. Red Hat has them right there, but I can't find anything on Mandrake.
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Nevermind, I found it, I feel kinda silly now- I was looking in Mandrake-Linux for i586 or higher, I should have been looking under iso images for mandrake linux ... anyway, I got it, now it's time to download, hmmm... 27 hours until completion, I guess I better grab a sandwhich ;) Maybe I can use my friends computer with the cable internet access, otherwise, I will be here for a long, long, long, long time. I have a poor dial-up line (should be 56 Kb but is only running at 33.3 Kb). I guess a job at burger king isn't enought to pay car insurance, buy gas, AND pay for a dsl connection.
[ June 09, 2003: Message edited by: Neo ]
Calum:
http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29
ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://klid.dk/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://ftp.physics.auth.gr/pub/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/Linux/Mandrake/mandrake/iso/
ftp://mandrake.redbox.cz/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrake/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mirrors/mandrake/Mandrake/iso/
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/distributions/mandrake/iso/
edit: godsdamn! too late! :D well hopefully somebody else will find these links helpful!
[ June 09, 2003: Message edited by: Calum ]
neo_x500:
So once I get these downloaded and burned to disk, installation should be pretty easy, right?
Fett101:
Yep. It's all a GUI installation. The partition editor is even far better then what MS has.
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