Downloading linux

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • alienfinder
    Digital Video Technician
    Digital Video Technician
    • Jun 2005
    • 485

    Downloading linux

    i wanna switch from xp to linux but only if its free, is it free?







    My Computer Specs:
    Windows XP Home Edition
    SP2
    1.2Ghz AMD Duron
    384MB DDR Ram
    256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
    40GB HD
    250GB HD
  • LT. Columbo
    Demigod of Digital Video
    • Nov 2004
    • 10671

    #2
    why would you want to do something like that?
    "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
    Columbo moments...
    "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
    "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
    (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


    Comment

    • anonymez
      Super Moderator
      • Mar 2004
      • 5525

      #3
      yes, its free. there are many different builds with different features floating around the net, and i think you should know that windows programs don't work with any of them. a small selection do, but only through emulation wich is horribly slow. it seems to me you know nothing about linux though, i advise you get a lot of reading done before you do anything...
      Last edited by anonymez; 18 Oct 2005, 05:39 AM.
      "What were the things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington

      Comment

      • alienfinder
        Digital Video Technician
        Digital Video Technician
        • Jun 2005
        • 485

        #4
        Originally Posted by anonymez
        yes, its free. there are many different builds with different features floating around the net, and i think you should know that windows programs don't work with any of them. a small selection do, but only through emulation wich is horribly slow. it seems to me you know nothing about linux though, i advise you get a lot of reading done before you do anything...
        i use to use it a while ago from a cd someone gave me but i formatted the computer and lost the cd.i found linux to be pretty good.i was thinking of using SuSe but i think you have to pay for it, i could be wrong.







        My Computer Specs:
        Windows XP Home Edition
        SP2
        1.2Ghz AMD Duron
        384MB DDR Ram
        256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
        40GB HD
        250GB HD

        Comment

        • anonymez
          Super Moderator
          • Mar 2004
          • 5525

          #5
          they usually come on dvd's nowadays

          as the LT asked, why?
          "What were the things in Gremlins called?" - Karl Pilkington

          Comment

          • mediamungo.com
            Junior Member
            Junior Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 2

            #6
            yup, got to redhat and click on Fedora. Fedora is free.

            Comment

            • alienfinder
              Digital Video Technician
              Digital Video Technician
              • Jun 2005
              • 485

              #7
              Originally Posted by anonymez
              they usually come on dvd's nowadays

              as the LT asked, why?
              because it isn't full of bugs and rubbish like windows.but it looks like i'll be staying with window$ simply because of program compatibility.







              My Computer Specs:
              Windows XP Home Edition
              SP2
              1.2Ghz AMD Duron
              384MB DDR Ram
              256MB Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 Graphics Card
              40GB HD
              250GB HD

              Comment

              • LT. Columbo
                Demigod of Digital Video
                • Nov 2004
                • 10671

                #8
                "but it looks like i'll be staying with window$ simply because of program compatibility."

                good choice
                "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                Columbo moments...
                "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


                Comment

                • PowerDude
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 5

                  #9
                  LinUX nasty

                  Comment

                  • Floppy

                    #10
                    Ubuntu is the modern, open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.


                    wonderful!

                    Comment

                    • jm1647
                      An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                      • Apr 2005
                      • 3661

                      #11
                      There are a bunch of versions that will run off a CD or DVD and require no installation at all and will not interfere with your Windows installation. You can play with it all you want to learn Linux on your PC.

                      Comment

                      • Floppy

                        #12
                        Originally Posted by jm1647
                        There are a bunch of versions that will run off a CD or DVD and require no installation at all and will not interfere with your Windows installation. You can play with it all you want to learn Linux on your PC.
                        Ah the power of having a live CD

                        I bet you can find that within the link I posted earlier.

                        Posted @ Ubuntu site
                        Live CDThe live CD allows you to try Ubuntu without changing your computer at all. There are three images available, each for a different type of computer:
                        ubuntu-5.10-live-i386

                        Now... You/anyone can just burn that image to cd ad run or use Nero Imagedrive to create a virtual drive and mount the Ubuntu.ISO runnning it without instalation...

                        I prefer the installed version since you can configure you pc's components easier and have it working much better...

                        Comment

                        • jm1647
                          An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                          • Apr 2005
                          • 3661

                          #13
                          I played around with Knoppix and Knoppix STD for a while

                          Comment

                          • j1mmy
                            Junior Member
                            Junior Member
                            • Nov 2005
                            • 10

                            #14
                            Yeah I'm on ubuntu at the moment, used their free shipit service to get a free CD. Came after about 3 weeks though ;P But I'm thinking of going back to windows already, since I'm finding the limitations on what I can do and run quite frustrating.

                            Comment

                            • Floppy

                              #15
                              waiting for the reply by the original poster....

                              Comment

                              Working...