-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Linux
- From: "barnestoneworth" <barneystorm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 11:05:55 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: "BashfulBob" <BashfulBob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> That is why you can down load Redhat from their site for free. Sure it
takes
> about 36 hours (56k modem d/l if I remember correctly) to down load the
> whole thing. If you prefer not to take that long, you can buy it from
them,
> BUT it is offered for free. Buying it from them entitles you to benefits
> they offer on a personal basis.
>
> There are other versions of Linux. The Mandrake version comes to mind and
> there are others.
Just a thought here-if all this talk of Linux gets anyone interested in
trying it out, but don't fancy installing it on their system first, you can
download a version called 'Knoppix' which downloads as an .iso file and
burns onto a single CD. Pop it into your CD drive and reboot, and ,
providing your first boot option is your CD drive, it will run Linux
directly off the disc. It's very neat, and it recognises all my equipment
and network connection without any intervention from me..It's got everything
you could possibly need...including an office suite, web and e mail
browsers, even CD burning software
...It doesn't touch your hard drive at all, when you close down, everything
you've done just disappears (Unless of course, you wanted to save any
documents you've created), but it can be used to rescue information off your
hard drive you can't get to if Windows won't run (Note, you will need to
have a FAT32 drive/partition to save it to, as it will not write to an NTFS
drive/partition).
There is another 'O/S on a disc' that does the same kind of thing, but I've
not used it.
Handy to have for the rescue factor, and interesting just to see just how
Linux works if you are at all curious..
Andy
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