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Help me! I'm spoiled by Win98 but i want Linux!

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Lennon:
Help me! I'm really helplessly spoiled by Win98 interface and stuff. I use Win98 for games and some programs because I believe its the "best" out of all the shit microsoft OSs. Its pretty stable, I reboot only twice a day  :D  and each reboot i get another grey hair but never mind.

But what i really want is a Linux or whatever, anything other then Windows. I want to Install it and keep Windows, so is that possible? I don't know where to get a free good OS, how to install and use it, what kind of interface to expect (similar to DOS?), how to use Internet (html, mIRC), where to get programs for it?

I have some knowledge about computers (cout << "I think i know some C++" ;)  but I always thought i would get a Linux once i get a second machine, but i REALLY CANT WAIT ! I AM DESPERATE !!!!!! HELLLP!!!

preacher:
Do you have a CD burner? If so then this is your ticket to freedom. http://www.linuxiso.org

By the way check out my screenshots page to see what linux looks like. http://skriptkittysecurity.cjb.net/mandrakescreenshots/

[ April 03, 2003: Message edited by: ThePreacher ]

Fett101:

quote:Originally posted by Lennon:
I use Win98 for games and some programs because I believe its the "best" out of all the shit microsoft OSs. Its pretty stable, I reboot only twice a day    :D    and each reboot i get another grey hair but never mind.
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<nazi party has voiced there own opinion in this post: XP SuX0Rz (screw your opinion)>

Yeah. It's all petty simple. Download and burn an iso to cd. Mandrake or Red Hat seem to be the easiest to use. Boot to that CD. Follow the directions. Play around with your HD during the install, shrinking the Windows partition and hoping it doesn't screw up. It'll set up all the dual boot, letting you choose Linux or Windows at boot. and what not with little need for your guidence. And then come back and bitch about how hard it is to intstall programs. That's about the very bare minimum of the basics.  

[ April 04, 2003: Message edited by: X11: crusader for beer ]

xyle_one:

quote:Originally posted by fett101:

...And then come back and bitch about how hard it is to intstall programs...
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with apt-get & synaptic, installing programs is easier than windows. the interface is pretty "windows like", but of course, you can change that if you want. you could make it look exactly like windows if you wanted.... Most of the apps you will need are on the install cds. Open Office (office suite), Mozilla (web browser), plus countless others  :D  
if you wanted to, you could go to a local book store & pick up a linux book. they usually ship with a linux distro. I would usggest red hat or mandrake linux...

Lennon:
Thank you all SO MUCH, you all really helped and i DO have a CD burner so I'M FREE  :D  !!!

But only one major question. How do i connect to the net and what browser to use? Mozila?

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