>
>
> i want to install free OS with free software, because... well.... i'm poor.
>

If you want freedom this is the right choice. If it is for money, use
windows 95.

>
> so i downloaded the gNewSense deltah iso image file, and i can't get
> it on the computer.  it took 12 hours to download 'cause i live in a
> cabin in adirondack park and use a verizon wireless phone card, which
> is pretty darn slow for downloads.  or uploads.
>

Might have been cheaper to have the cd sent to you.

>
> but i can't do anything with it.  why are there no instructions as to
> how to work with this file?  do the developers want the users to
> figure how to do things by googling for every step?  it's so
> difficult!  i need instructions!  i was born computer illiterate and
> didn't go to computer college.
>

It is a community effort. Will you please contribute?

>
> here's what i DID do.  i was able to mount it, whatever that means,
> but couldn't find where to run it, install it, tell it "go!", whatever
> it wants to hear to get on my computer and work.  it's frustrating.
>

Boot with the CD in. The BIOS must boot the CD before the hard disk.

>
> is gNewSense just for the computer literate?
>
> I don't think so. My father who is 85 uses it. He is no technitian.
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