Get ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/). You can ask them to send you a free CD. And you should consider getting a decent Internet connection.
Álvaro. On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 10:54 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got excited about the free software sometime ago and bought a copy of > Susie Linux. But the installation always hang up at some point and can never > complete. I had to kiss my $20 goodbye and so much for the Linux. Recently > my job involves embedded Linux. For whatever reason we used the Fedora > version 4. It looks like the Windows 3.1. The newest version may be more > modernized, which I don't have tme to fnd out. The Linux operatng system is > about 600 Mbyte compressed. Since we have a fast internet, it took only 40 > min. to download. After downloading we needed to find a software that can > write ISO format on CDs. I failed to find such a software on the internet > and ended up use the trial version of Nero. Then the Nero I installed > highjacked my CD drive and I had to unnstall it later. I also tried the > 64-bit version of Linux and the installation never worked. > > I begin to consder install Linux on my PC at home. With my internet > connection speed, downloading 600 MB is just unrealistic. The other option > is to order CD's. They cost $45 and up and I'm sure this cost will go up > with time. So much for the free software. I keeps asking myself what will > happen if the installation fails. I only have one computer and one internet > connection. > > Not that I don't trust other people's opinion, but people pitched other > things before which we never hear again. > > > DL > > > > ________________________________ > Get the MapQuest Toolbar, Maps, Traffic, Directions & More! > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
