On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:49:47 -0800, Fargusson.Alan wrote: >I have not been able to find anything that says if wget is available on the >GNU CD for Windows, or not. In any case I think it would be easier to buy >something like Red Hat. Even split over several sessions, 60 hours is a >long time to tie up a phone line.
Absolutely. And since you're looking to do an actual install anyway, knoppix won't do you much good. I just tried running knoppix on my wifes Compaq Evo N610C laptop, which is pretty much brandnew. Runs fine, except for some minor problem with the video. I don't know how old my knoppix version is, but I would whatever it is has been fixed in a more recent version. /Per > >-----Original Message----- >From: Per Jessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 2:48 AM >To: Fargusson.Alan >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Gnome > > >On Thu, 6 Mar 2003 14:27:53 -0800, Fargusson.Alan wrote: > >>One of the results of the way Linux is developed is that old hardware tends >>to work better than new hardware. Try knoppix on a new notebook and it is >>less likely to work. > >I'll try that - we have a fairly new compaq. Although my impression has >been that (most) manufacturers are very good at working with eg. the >kernel-developers. > >I've just tried a Fujitsu-Siemens ready-made Intel system - no probs whatsoever. >Granted, this is probably a 100% standard system (and certainly not a laptop), so ... > >>At some point I will probably put a second drive in my Dell and try Linux again. >>I probably will not try to download a version though. I don't have a CD writer >>at work, and I don't have broadband at home. I estimate it would take about >>60 hours to download one CD worth of data at home, and I doubt that my dialup >>would stay connected that long. > >You could try using 'wget -r' - even with interruptions, that tends to work fine. >That's what I used before we got ADSL a couple of months ago. Uh, wait - maybe >try a download manager for MSIE or Netscape ? I don't know if you wget exists >for Windows or Mac. > >The c't CDROM is 688M, but also has openoffice, mozilla and probably lots of >other stuff included. > >/Per > >regards, >Per Jessen, Zurich >http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console. > > > regards, Per Jessen, Zurich http://www.enidan.com - home of the J1 serial console.
