On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, you 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).
>
Or go to www.cheapbytes.com and order a CD from them for
$5. It comes with no docs or extra apps, but what do you
expect for $5? ;-) You can also go to www.linuxmall.com and
buy a $5 cd there, or spend about $30 for 5 or 6 different
versions of Linux for you to try. :-)
John
