In all fairness... here is some Linux info also. :o) Tee ================================ Support Your Right To Arm Bears!!!! ================================ 9) New Linux Version (Free, As Usual...) As Microsoft digs itself deeper and deeper into trouble with its own best customers, more and more Windows users are looking elsewhere for their next OS: Fred, Just wanted to toot Mandrake's (Linux) horn a little. I downloaded the ISO images for 8.1, burned them to CD, and was very impressed with the installation. It found and configured everything except my sound card (a cruddy AOpen Crystal chipset), including my USB mouse and printer. No problems! Linux distributions have come a long way since my first Slackware install (couldn't even get X running) in the mid-90's. I've even got my wife and kiddos using it! Unfortunately, I still have to boot to Windows to play most of my games, and the Linux partition is still more of a curiosity than a primary platform, but as I find more software, I'll make the move. (Listen up software companies!) Now to sneak over to my mom's house and steal back that old SB16 card I put in her PC... Yours, DAV Most Linux versions ("distributions," in Linux-speak) are available as free downloads for people with fast connections and with the technical means to get the download onto a CD. For everyone else, retail CDs usually are available for a fraction of the price of what Windows costs. For example, you can download Mandrake 8.1 for free from http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 , or order the standard 3-CD set for $25 from http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/81/standard . Linux still isn't quite as polished or newbie-friendly as Windows, but anyone of intermediate skill or higher can usually get it going. If you haven't taken a look yet, maybe it's time to start exploring. Click to email this item to a friend http://www.langa.com/sendit2.htm ============== Tina Chapman Owner/Designer DesignWorks Web Design and Hosting http://www.dsgnworks.com We Believe In Design That Works! Voice Mail: 270-748-1675 E-mail: sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx September 11, 2001 Never Forgive! Never Forget! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Computer Talk Shop To un-subscribe, http://questforcertification.com/cts/unsubscribe.htm List HowTo: http://questforcertification.com/cts/faq To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://questforcertification.com/cts/other_cts_lists.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------