You can buy CDs from places like osdisc.com for a few dollars; it's not extravagant. Not being able to burn an iso is one of the defects of Windoze; Linux/OS X/Free BSD systems include that capability at no extra charge.
--- [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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery. Benjamin Disraeli, Speech in the House of Commons [June 15, 1874] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
