I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer a
free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!

Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
box?

Kind Regards,
Wayne D

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:24:11 +0000, WGD wrote:

> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer a
> free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
> something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>
> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
> box?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Wayne D

Distrowatch.com

BTW - I have a box/copy of SuSE 7.1. Is this too old? What are the
chances of a NC upgrade to current levels? (Suppose I should contact SuSE
for this!).

WayneD



"WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:vu%Jh.8740$rp4.375@trnddc02...
>I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer
>a free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
>something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>
> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
> box?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Wayne D
>

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:24:11 GMT, WGD wrote:
>
> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere?

Either that or the free cd sets. Depends on the distribution as to
where you can download. You can check mirrors close to you.

Goto http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ click Proceed to step 2
and pick a mirror to look around under /pub/linux and see what the mirror
supports.

I download/burn/install Mandriva Linux 4 cd set.

> Or am I just better off going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box
> houses in our town) and buy a box?

I download/burn the free cds, live or production copy.

Why limit your selection from the shelf. You can get the free copy
without support and paper manual or the Vendor Shelf box with
support/manual.
These sites sell both, the free cd is cd burn cost and shipping.

http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart
http://www.osdisc.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/products/linux

Ok! I went to suse.com ... found that they are no longer (??) Novell site
came up.

A reply to my post noted a site - Distrowatch.com - found MANY, many
choices. How do I net it out to ONE??

WayneD


"WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:uy%Jh.8760$rp4.5298@trnddc02...
> BTW - I have a box/copy of SuSE 7.1. Is this too old? What are the
> chances of a NC upgrade to current levels? (Suppose I should contact SuSE
> for this!).
>
> WayneD
>
>
>
> "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:vu%Jh.8740$rp4.375@trnddc02...
>>I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer
>>a free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
>>something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>>
>> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
>> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
>> box?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Wayne D
>>
>
>

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:53:27 +0000, WGD wrote:

>
> A reply to my post noted a site - Distrowatch.com - found MANY, many
> choices. How do I net it out to ONE??

Look at the page hit rankings on the right hand side. That will give you
some idea as to the most popular. I prefer Ubuntu myself, and it has a
live CD.

Dan



>
> WayneD
>
>
> "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:uy%Jh.8760$rp4.5298@trnddc02...
>> BTW - I have a box/copy of SuSE 7.1. Is this too old? What are the
>> chances of a NC upgrade to current levels? (Suppose I should contact SuSE
>> for this!).
>>
>> WayneD
>>
>>
>>
>> "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
>> news:vu%Jh.8740$rp4.375@trnddc02...
>>>I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer
>>>a free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
>>>something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>>>
>>> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
>>> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
>>> box?
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Wayne D
>>>
>>
>>

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:14:39 +0900, Dan N wrote:
>
> Look at the page hit rankings on the right hand side. That will give you
> some idea as to the most popular.

No, it is giving the most hit ranking. Not the same thing. I would bet
the people with the most popular distro is not clicking their distro.
They would be looking at what to see what the other distros have, maybe.

Op Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:27:52 -0400, schreef arnold:

snip snip snip
> http://www.distrowatch.com

and after you have installed Ubuntu, install GFTP (http://www.gftp.org)
right from the repositories (synaptic) and from the bookmarked ftp-sites
in there, you can start downloading as many distro's as you like and in
meanwhile can read bible, eat nuts, and drink uppy, nicton etc

--
groet,
Henk Koster jr.
http://www.interinfra.nl/opensource.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~qqoopp/anako.htm

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:24:11 +0000, WGD wrote:

> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer a
> free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
> something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>
> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
> box?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Wayne D

www.distrowatch.com maintains information about all active Linux
distributions. On the information page for each distro you will find
information on where it can be obtained. BTW Ubuntu will even send you
free CDs of their distributions, and they even pay the postage. Kicker: it
can take several weeks.

ray wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:24:11 +0000, WGD wrote:
>
>> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer a
>> free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
>> something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>>
>> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
>> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
>> box?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Wayne D
>
> www.distrowatch.com maintains information about all active Linux
> distributions...


Go here and download Puppy. The smallest of the live CD's that I know
of. About 80 megs or so. This will give you a good idea of what Lenix is
all about.

-Jim

http://www.puppyos.com/

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:29:00 +0000, Bit Twister wrote:

> No, it is giving the most hit ranking. Not the same thing.

1. Ubuntu
2. Suse
3. Fedora
4. PCLinuxOS
5. MEPIS
6. Mandriva
7. Debian

Looks like a good place to start to me.

Dan

"WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in
news:vu%Jh.8740$rp4.375@trnddc02:

> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who
> alledgedly offer a free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was
> impatient!) was sites selling something - viagra for
> example! Or this 'n that!
>
> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I
> just better off going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box
> houses in our town) and buy a box?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Wayne D
>
>

As recommended by other posters distrowatch will overwhelm you
with choices. Ny recommendation is to download a couple of
live cds, burn them, and then see which one works with your
hardware and personal tastes the best. Two distros I recommend
are simply mepis (www.mepis.org) and
pclos (pclinuxos.com/news.php)
...m

Jim was all like, you know, and said something like...
>
> Go here and download Puppy. The smallest of the live CD's that I know
> of. About 80 megs or so. This will give you a good idea of what Lenix is
> all about.

**** Small Linux (a.k.a. DSL) is 50 MB and ****ed good, too. Here's
the address: http://www.****smalllinux.org/ to read about it. Here's
their download address: http://www.****smalllinux.org/download.html .

--
BlackTopBum
They said homosexuality was a mental defect.
Now they say pedophilia is a mental defect...
in what direction are we headed?

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:52:34 -0700, Jim wrote:

> ray wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:24:11 +0000, WGD wrote:
>>
>>> I went to linux.org's site - there is a list of firms who alledgedly offer a
>>> free dwnld. All I found (maybe I was impatient!) was sites selling
>>> something - viagra for example! Or this 'n that!
>>>
>>> Is there a true CD-Live dwnld site - somewhere? Or am I just better off
>>> going to Best Buy or Circuit City (two box houses in our town) and buy a
>>> box?
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Wayne D
>>
>> www.distrowatch.com maintains information about all active Linux
>> distributions...
>
>
> Go here and download Puppy. The smallest of the live CD's that I know
> of. About 80 megs or so. This will give you a good idea of what Lenix is
> all about.
>
> -Jim
>
> http://www.puppyos.com/

No real indication that the OP is looking for the smallest Live CD
available. IMHO Knoppix and Elive are much more fully featured.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:53:27 GMT, "WGD" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net>
wrote:


>A reply to my post noted a site - Distrowatch.com - found MANY, many
>choices. How do I net it out to ONE??
>
>WayneD

Yes, DistroWatch will overwhelm you at first. Start with their "Major
Distrobutions" page http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

Do some reading, decide what appeals to you and go from there.