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Weres the best free Simple Linux Dowloads?

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by akaivan, Apr 17, 2006.

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  1. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    Hey everyone. The title names it all. Im looking for sumthing i burn right to cd and nothing really complicated.. I have an old p2 and i wanna learn some linux.. SO please help me out.
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  2. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training

    Take a look HERE.

    Knoppix is a live linux that your burn as an iso image to a cd. You can then boot from the cd and it doesn`t write to your hard drive.

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Apr 17, 2006
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  3. Jimbo420 Newcomer, in training

    Good place to start Howard. Course you could also try here. :p
    Jimbo420, Apr 17, 2006
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  4. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training

    Oh yes indeed Jimbo lol.

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Apr 17, 2006
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  5. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    lol google....hahah but i cant read knoppix? other language... SO witch file should i download.
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  6. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training

    Doh. Click on the British/American flag icon and low and behold, the instructions are in english lol.

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Apr 17, 2006
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  7. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    o ok lol, but theres so many choices.. witch onE? So i cloicked on 1 but it takes me to a page with several others... How do i burn these?
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  8. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training

    Which one did you click on?

    If you clicked on download, the page that appears is a list of mirror sites where you can actually get it from.

    I`d personally recommend bittorrent. Obviously you would either need to have bittorrent aready installed, or download and install it from HERE.

    Once you`ve downloaded the linux programme. Burn the iso file as an image to either a cd or a dvd.

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Apr 17, 2006
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  9. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    i think i i have something called azueras. ok i think its downloading..I chose the cd 2 file 1. So i put 1 on each cd?
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  10. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    wait scratch that, its downloading but only 1 file. but theres plenty other files inside the one.do i spleit that into to or will it go into 1
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  11. Peddant Newcomer, in training

    THIS might be an easier way to do it.
    Peddant, Apr 17, 2006
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  12. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    ok thanks peddant. so when its done downloading, i burn that straight to cd?
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  13. Peddant Newcomer, in training

    Open your CD burning program and select burn .iso as image.

    Don`t burn faster than #16.More HERE
    Peddant, Apr 17, 2006
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  14. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    ok i got nero 5 so i guess ittl work. thannks guys for ur help. BUt anyways i really didnt get my answer lol. I was looking for a linux to install on an old pc.. For a freind because i can put xp on it.Also knoppix is good for me cas i can learn bout linux.SO any ideas. I sall something called SUSE linux. IS it free?
    akaivan, Apr 17, 2006
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  15. Peddant Newcomer, in training

    All linux are free.There`s sometimes a handling charge if you order a CD.

    I think UBUNTU would be better than Suse for your needs.It`s also got a live CD version.

    There`s another thread HERE with more exciting Linux links.
    Peddant, Apr 17, 2006
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  16. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    How old is that PC? Most Linux distributions default to Gnome or KDE as the window manager and those are rather heavy.
    Nodsu, Apr 18, 2006
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  17. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    i really dont know how old, i pt it 2gether a lil wile ago. Its runiing Ubuntu really slow kinda
    akaivan, Apr 18, 2006
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  18. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    The specs? How much RAM? Maybe use a smaller screen resolutions and turn off some eye candy?
    Nodsu, Apr 18, 2006
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  19. akaivan Newcomer, in training

    it has like 128 mb ram.. 333 mhz.and like a 4 gig hd. and how do i turn off some other things? i think i got it to look as basik as possible
    akaivan, Apr 18, 2006
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  20. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    Needs more RAM.. You are better off with a window manager that is not KDE or Gnome. There are dozens of them out there, usually configurable to the infinity. If you want something that looks similar to Windows, try IceWM. If you want Something Completely Different, try WindowMaker or FWWM.
    Nodsu, Apr 18, 2006
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