[techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #437 - 9 msgs
On Fri, 4 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Um.. correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the distros actually > free-for-download? And does your college provide bandwidth? :) Theoreticly I could download the distro on my non-unlimited-usage dialup connection for the weekend. Ugh. Or I could buy/borrow an ethernet card, haul my computer & burner to campus on the subway, find somewhere that I'd be allowed to connect to the LAN, hopefully where I could also borrow a monitor (so I don't have to make a second trip on the subway to bring my own). Then download & burn my CDs, and haul the whole shebang home. I have found a better solution: Get a nice person to download and burn you a cd, in exchange for (a) a few dollars or (b) the warm fuzzy feeling they get when they help someone with linux. I bought Madrake because I figured it would come with a good manual and tech support. I hadn't seen any linux books containing mandrake and I wanted to give it a try. It wasn't a wise purchase, but I was having one of those days and needed a new toy. A retail box distro is instant gratification with a shiny new manual. -- Avery ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #437 - 9 msgs
You can buy Mandrake 8.0 at http://www.cheapbytes.com for $3.49 plus shipping (total comes out under $9.00). On Fri, 4 May 2001, A Kozic wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Um.. correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the distros actually > > free-for-download? And does your college provide bandwidth? :) > > Theoreticly I could download the distro on my non-unlimited-usage dialup > connection for the weekend. Ugh. > > Or I could buy/borrow an ethernet card, haul my computer & burner to > campus on the subway, find somewhere that I'd be allowed to connect to the > LAN, hopefully where I could also borrow a monitor (so I don't have to > make a second trip on the subway to bring my own). Then download & burn my > CDs, and haul the whole shebang home. > > I have found a better solution: Get a nice person to download and > burn you a cd, in exchange for (a) a few dollars or (b) the warm fuzzy > feeling they get when they help someone with linux. > > > I bought Madrake because I figured it would come with a good manual and > tech support. I hadn't seen any linux books containing mandrake and I > wanted to give it a try. It wasn't a wise purchase, but I was having one > of those days and needed a new toy. A retail box distro is instant > gratification with a shiny new manual. > > -- Avery > > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk > -- My public OpenPGP key can be found at http://www.wwu.edu/~turnere/turnere.asc ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Re: techtalk digest, Vol 1 #437 - 9 msgs
A Kozic wrote: > I bought Madrake because I figured it would come with a good manual and > tech support. I hadn't seen any linux books containing mandrake and I > wanted to give it a try. It wasn't a wise purchase, but I was having one > of those days and needed a new toy. A retail box distro is instant > gratification with a shiny new manual. Heh. I can understand that. ;) And yes, I've experienced the joy (?) of downloading a distro with a 28.8 modem. Jenn V. -- "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenn Vesperman http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/ ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] Microsoft flays 'flimsy' Linux
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20010504/551432.html If only linux could do plug-n-play type of printing (regardless of the distro) ..we could be really takeover M$. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/subba9/ GPG public key ID 27FC9217 ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Microsoft flays 'flimsy' Linux
But the point is, if Microsux wasn't running scared, they wouldn't BOTHER trying to trash Linux in the press, would they? Microsoft is about the only major player in the IT market who hasn't embraced Linux, purely because it's competition for them. Also, don't forget, Microsoft used a copy of RedHat Linux and StarOffice as proof, in court, that they didn't have a monopoly on desktop operating system environments. the statement was something to the nature of "These guys are giving us a run for our money", as I remember. That's my 2c, folks, Neale - Original Message - From: "Subba Rao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Ladies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 6:32 AM Subject: [techtalk] Microsoft flays 'flimsy' Linux > > http://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20010504/551432.htm l > > If only linux could do plug-n-play type of printing (regardless of the distro) > ..we could be really takeover M$. > > -- > > Subba Rao ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
