Free Linux CD's!

[Possum]

I'd say go with the two non-betas if you haven't used Linux before: Redhat 6.2 and Mandrake 7.1.

This is pretty sweet, linux CD's without spending any money! Much more reliable than having to do an FTP install

 

[Zorba]

Thank you, this is a good deal. Been running Linux for a while now, and I wanted to upgrade to the new RH and try out Mandrake. Thank you, free = DAMN good

 

[Hork]

Um, what's Mandrake? Besides a root... and a magician. :-D

 

[huesmann]

Mandrake is a Linux distribution, akin to RedHat, TurboLinux, et al.

 

[G41184b]

Cool deal I've been wanting to try Linux out.
By the way does anyone know how long it takes for these to arrive, it said a few days.

 

[cmv]

Mandrake is a distribution based on RedHat but aimed at performance -- everything is compiled with optimizations for upper end Intel CPUs (least for i386 Mandrake).

 

[Mr.Mike]

Pretty cool!! Thanks!!!!!!

 

[jayR]

Cool.

Hate to be a skeptic, but has anyone received theirs yet?

 

[LordGorzul]

Cruisin, please!
it's a great deal, you can get 6 CDs for nothing and you get 30 days of free help from them. Some people would love to get those CDs and not everyone is a hotshot who owns a CD Burner and a High Speed Connection. For the majority of the population who has no access to a burner and who connects with a 28.8 to 56k modem, it's an awesome deal.

LG.

 

[Scarpozzi]

A friend of mine got Mandrake and was raving about the plug and play installation....Check it out if you can... I picked up Mandrake and RedHat 6.2(gotta go with the solid one). Thanks....>GREAT POST!

 

[WoundedWallet]

Well... it's been four weeks now and no CD.

Did anybody get anything yet?

 

[Souka]

cool beans man....

 

[Raj]

I went to an intel training event a while back.
and reps were there from a whole bunch of places.
i got a free linux cd but, haven't used it yet.
wondering if you can run linux and windows on one system.
i think you have to partition the drive and install windows on one
and linux ont he other. hwo does this work?

 

[wesman2]

You can run a windows/linux system. And yes, you need two partitions, actually three is better since it's nice to setup the linux swapfile in it's own partition. The current installs of linux are nice, and have come a long way in terms of ease of install. Most can boot off the cd and walk you thru the install. But I would expect to spend a few hours reading the HOWTO's before you do your first install, unless your doing it on a spare computer, then, what the hell, go for it.

It should also setup boot software that allows you to pick the OS you want to boot. The linux booter is ok, but when I set it up I used Power Quest's partition magic, with boot magic, both programs make setting up the partitions and dual booting a breeze. It can resize your windows partition, and create linux partitions and the linux swapfile partition, all without loosing any data. All you have to do is free up disk space, but I would recommend defraging after that. I highly recommend partition magic (I use version 4.0, v5.0 is out but I can't imagine the new features are worth any extra cost as 4.0 has all the functions you would need).

 

[namlook]

I ordered several weeks ago and have received nothing. Could be a scam.

 

[Mears]

Still haven't received mine either.

 

[bigern]

I ordered this a couple of months ago and never got it. Maybe it'll work out this time.

 

[fdiskboy]

Cool. Thanks!

 

[BlueHeelers]

A quote I saw somewhere on the net

Linux is only free if your time is worthless...


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