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  1. August 8th, 2002, 09:27 AM #11
    chipmicroic
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    1) MANDRAKE IS BEST :- easy partioning and better GUI

    2)I think present version of mandrake - 8.3

    3) keep open option of dual booting
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  2. August 8th, 2002, 04:46 PM #12
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    Update: I've looked through some of my old software and found Caldera OpenLinux 2.4. Can anyone tell me if that is any good?

    Problem: Is there anywhere I can get CDs with Redhat or Mandrake on them? I'm still using dial-up and don't want to spend 9 hours downloading it.
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  3. August 9th, 2002, 12:47 AM #13
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    Originally posted here by jaguar291
    Update: I've looked through some of my old software and found Caldera OpenLinux 2.4. Can anyone tell me if that is any good?

    Problem: Is there anywhere I can get CDs with Redhat or Mandrake on them? I'm still using dial-up and don't want to spend 9 hours downloading it.
    Try www.cheapbytes.com
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  4. August 9th, 2002, 12:59 AM #14
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    Originally posted here by avdven
    check out Sun StarOffice 5 (still free for download, thought 6 costs money)
    Where can you still legally download StarOffice 5? They no longer offer it on their website, but instead refer you to OpenOffice... Are there mirrors that offer it, or is it prohibited by the license?

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  6. August 9th, 2002, 10:08 PM #15
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    avdven:

    Thanks. So Wine is quite stable then with basic
    9x programs? At one time the only reason I kept
    Windoze was because I couldn't replace Office,
    but today the reason for keeping Win is LAN
    parties...

    chipmicroic:

    Mandrake is currently in 9.0 beta. 8.2 is stable.
    http://www.mandrake.com/
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  7. August 10th, 2002, 04:36 AM #16
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    Go check out http://www.distrowatch.com

    Lots of info there regarding the various distros.

    Although, I have to say, as a first-timer you should probably go with RedHat or Mandrake. You can check out those as well as all of the others at the address above.
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  8. August 10th, 2002, 12:35 PM #17
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    If anyone in England wants to get linux try PCworld, my local one as a whole row full of Linux
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  9. August 10th, 2002, 01:12 PM #18
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    also if you do decide to download a flavour of *nix i suggest reading the tutorial by rrewandaythal on burning the iso images just my 0.02p here`s the link in quetion http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=231882
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  11. August 10th, 2002, 02:05 PM #19
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    well personally

    Just this very morning I got up, and thought to myself "today is a good day to spend ripping my hair out"

    So about 2 hours ago I started installing Madrake 8.2 download edition (I got it on a linux format coverdisk)

    And now I'm posting using Konqueror

    Absolutely painless, not one hiccup.

    I run an AMD with a small handfull of HDDs, and if anything the install was easier than a Windows install (No long activation codes to type)

    hell, go with Mandrake, and then we can ask eachother stupid questions :-)

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