[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> you should go out to a local comp store and buy linux. yeah, it's free but
> the reason that you have to pay for it is for the tech support and printed
> manuals. if you go buy it, it'll save you A LOT of headaches and time.
> plus, you'll get lots of utilities, a bootable cd-rom, and less stress. i
> just went to wal-mart and bought mandrake linux (published by macmillian)
> for $25. or you can go out and buy linux books and most of them should come
> w/ a free distribution of linux (probably red hat)...actually, you should go
> to amazon.com and find books for linux and see what books ppl like then go
> buy it. or thirdly, you can borrow a copy of linux from a friend. (btw,
> openlinux is claim to be easier to install than red hat, mandrake claims to
> be the easiest and it's based on red hat).
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 10:25 AM
> Subject: [newbie] The "FREE" In Linux
>
> > Ok, Iv been Trying to Download Mandrake 6.1, I make a boot disk, for
> > bootnet.img, And Start it up, I put in the FTP server, and it Starts
> > Downloading, Then All of a sudden it starts downloading a new file and
> > it dosnt start downloading it, I Try all the ALT Tabs, No Errors, Is
> > Linux Really Free?
> >
> > Thanks, Plz Help
Also if you want just the cdrom go to www.linuxcentral.com and buy linux stuff
online... I got mandrake 6.1 for 1.95 +shipping, and they tend to have good
deals at times...
John
