also @ TechSpot: Nortel's internal network "owned" by hackers for almost a decade
Welcome to the TechSpot OpenBoards. Please read the FAQ if you have any questions. Sign up or Login to participate.

Go Back   TechSpot OpenBoards > Software > The Alternative OS

Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync

Weres the best free Simple Linux Dowloads?

Page 1 of 2 1 2
Thread Tools Search this Thread
  #1  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
Weres the best free Simple Linux Dowloads?

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.

Last edited by howard_hopkinso; 04-17-2006 at 05:01 PM.. Reason: Please don`t start more than one thread, for this subject.
  #2  
Old 04-17-2006
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Member since: Aug 2004, 25,949 posts
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
  #3  
Old 04-17-2006
Jimbo420's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Nevada
Member since: Oct 2005, 484 posts
System specs
Good place to start Howard. Course you could also try here.
  #4  
Old 04-17-2006
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Member since: Aug 2004, 25,949 posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimbo420
Good place to start Howard. Course you could also try here.
Oh yes indeed Jimbo lol.

Regards Howard
  #5  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
lol google....hahah but i cant read knoppix? other language... SO witch file should i download.
  #6  
Old 04-17-2006
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Member since: Aug 2004, 25,949 posts
Doh. Click on the British/American flag icon and low and behold, the instructions are in english lol.

Regards Howard
  #7  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
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?
  #8  
Old 04-17-2006
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Member since: Aug 2004, 25,949 posts
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

Last edited by howard_hopkinso; 04-17-2006 at 05:34 PM..
  #9  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
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?
  #10  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
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
  #11  
Old 04-17-2006
Peddant's Avatar
TechSpot Guru
 
Location: U.K
Member since: Dec 2005, 1,644 posts
THIS might be an easier way to do it.
  #12  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
ok thanks peddant. so when its done downloading, i burn that straight to cd?
  #13  
Old 04-17-2006
Peddant's Avatar
TechSpot Guru
 
Location: U.K
Member since: Dec 2005, 1,644 posts
Open your CD burning program and select burn .iso as image.

Don`t burn faster than #16.More HERE

Last edited by Peddant; 04-17-2006 at 05:55 PM..
  #14  
Old 04-17-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
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?
  #15  
Old 04-17-2006
Peddant's Avatar
TechSpot Guru
 
Location: U.K
Member since: Dec 2005, 1,644 posts
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.

Last edited by Peddant; 04-17-2006 at 06:15 PM..
  #16  
Old 04-18-2006
Nodsu's Avatar
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Location: Estonia
Member since: Feb 2002, 9,431 posts
System specs
How old is that PC? Most Linux distributions default to Gnome or KDE as the window manager and those are rather heavy.
  #17  
Old 04-18-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
i really dont know how old, i pt it 2gether a lil wile ago. Its runiing Ubuntu really slow kinda
  #18  
Old 04-18-2006
Nodsu's Avatar
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Location: Estonia
Member since: Feb 2002, 9,431 posts
System specs
The specs? How much RAM? Maybe use a smaller screen resolutions and turn off some eye candy?
  #19  
Old 04-18-2006
akaivan's Avatar
TechSpot Booster
 
Location: Sacramento, CA, USA
Member since: Jul 2005, 620 posts
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
  #20  
Old 04-18-2006
Nodsu's Avatar
TechSpot Evangelist
 
Location: Estonia
Member since: Feb 2002, 9,431 posts
System specs
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.
Closed Thread
Page 1 of 2 1 2

Similar Topics
Topic Replies Forum
Free linux antivirus programs 0 Virus and Malware Removal
windows files on linux for Red Hat Linux 1 The Alternative OS
Linux/Windows dualboot machine with Linux first? 1 The Alternative OS
xandros linux lover windows/linux programmer (RealBASIC) newbie 2 Introduce yourself
Which free version of Linux do you suggest 10 The Alternative OS

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:07 AM.