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piratePenguin:

--- Quote from: dog ---My question about Vector Linux seems to be a moot point since they refuse to answer emails or even ship what was paid for. That's the third Canadian company I've purchased from and the third to shaft me!
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Wow that's pretty evil of them...

Do you have a CD rewriter? Because you can download the ISO files (an ISO file is an "image" of a CD. It contains all the data for the CD and is ready to burn to a blank CD using whatever CD writing software). You can download the ISO files for vectorlinux by browsing around here, but which ISO file(s) you want depends on which version you want.

I'd still recommend Ubuntu. To download the ISO (CD) use this (assuming you don't have a 64bit processor?) link.
If you don't have a CD rewriter to burn the ISO file, you can get Ubuntu cd's sent out _for free_ here. Just fill out the form and they'll send them out, although, it does usually take _a long_ time for them to arrive (they ship them only every few weeks/months).

--- Quote from: dog ---What I was in a system is just to log on and work [ie, writing] when the time is right for my brain. Plus email, chatting or surfing when I'm bored. Maybe photo manipulation for an occassional book cover
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For the writing, you can use OpenOffice.org, and for the chatting you can use GAIM. For surfing, Firefox ofcourse. For photo manipulation, the GIMP. Those programs usually come pre-installed with most distributions.

--- Quote from: dog ---I'm ashamed to admit I'm not smart enough to understand how to instal a linux OS. I don't know anything about ISO nor the rest.
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Once you get your ubuntu/vectorlinux CD, pop it in the drive, restart the computer, boot from the cd (sometimes happens automatically. Sometimes you needa do a bit of work for it), and follow the instructions. If you have any problems, just post back here.
Once ubuntu is installed, read a bit of http://ubuntuguide.org/ to learn about how to set it up to your liking.

dog:
Thamls for all your help. After reading your earlier reply and went to the "Ubuntu" site and ordered the free CD. Its an amazing fact that they do not ask for even shipping charges.  For Free to actually mean Free is a novel concept!  Thanks for the ISO ibfo. I'm going to try burning a Ubuntu CD in the morning!

Thanks again for offering you help.:thumbup:



--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Wow that's pretty evil of them...

Do you have a CD rewriter? Because you can download the ISO files (an ISO file is an "image" of a CD. It contains all the data for the CD and is ready to burn to a blank CD using whatever CD writing software). You can download the ISO files for vectorlinux by browsing around here, but which ISO file(s) you want depends on which version you want.

I'd still recommend Ubuntu. To download the ISO (CD) use this (assuming you don't have a 64bit processor?) link.
If you don't have a CD rewriter to burn the ISO file, you can get Ubuntu cd's sent out _for free_ here. Just fill out the form and they'll send them out, although, it does usually take _a long_ time for them to arrive (they ship them only every few weeks/months).
For the writing, you can use OpenOffice.org, and for the chatting you can use GAIM. For surfing, Firefox ofcourse. For photo manipulation, the GIMP. Those programs usually come pre-installed with most distributions.
Once you get your ubuntu/vectorlinux CD, pop it in the drive, restart the computer, boot from the cd (sometimes happens automatically. Sometimes you needa do a bit of work for it), and follow the instructions. If you have any problems, just post back here.
Once ubuntu is installed, read a bit of http://ubuntuguide.org/ to learn about how to set it up to your liking.
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Aloone_Jonez:

--- Quote from: dog ---Does anyone here have any experience with Vector Linux?
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Yes, I've found it quite fast, it's probably your best bet for a low spec machine.

I've downloaded and installed ubuntu today and I don't know whether I like it or not as I haven't had time to test it fully but from my first impression it seems quite good.

MrX:
Yesterday I burned Ubuntu live CD, very cool and ready to go to use. Unfortunately it could not read my BeFS disks and my FAT32 disk either (or maybe I didnt know where I could find 'my computer' so I can look at my disks. [ha ha]
In BeOS I clik on the 'disks' icon and then all the hard disks on the system show in the tracker window.

Aloone_Jonez:
Well you don't know what you're doing because reading FAT32 partitions with ubuntu is a piece of piss.

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