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
