thks alot Duncan...=) cheers, mickey ----- Original Message ----- From: "duncan brown" <DUNCANBROWN@LINUXADVOCATE.NET> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:19:44 -0400 (EDT) To: <FEDORA-LIST@REDHAT.COM> Subject: Re: Getting rid of M$ > Chee Kiong Ong said: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm a total newbie to linux, hope u guys will pardon me for my > > ignorance.... I've heard alot about linux and read up on many websites > > that tells of why linux is better then M$ windows and i'll decided to > > try it out for myself.. > > However, there is at the moment so many distribution of linux to choose > > from, i would greatly appreciate it if anybody can provide me with some > > advice to start with. > > > > My main concern would b which distribution would be the best and where > > and how can i get it? > > > > Thanks alot, > > mickey > & gt; mickey, > alot of people feel that redhat/fedora is one of the most user friendly > distributions around. mandrake is also extremely friendly, you can > download both for free from > > http://fedora.redhat.com > http://www.mandrake.com > > the latest version of the fedora core desktop is comming out in only 6 > days, so you may want to hold off on downloading the disc images until > then. > > you can download .iso files from any of the mirrors listed on the web > pages for the distributions. > > if you're unfamiliar with burning .iso files to a disc, download nero > burning rom from tucows.com. once you have that installed, just double > click on the .iso file you downloaded and it'll start a session to burn > the image to a disc. > > this is assuming that you have a cd burner and a broadband connection, > otherwise you can go ogle for websites that'll burnt he discs for youand > mail them to you for a minimal cost (us $2 per disc, about) > > -d > > +( duncan brown : duncanbrown@linuxadvocate.net )+ > +( linux "just works" : www.linuxadvocate.net )+ > > -------------------------------------------------- > Understatement of the century: > "Hello everybody out there using minix - I'm doing > a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be > big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT > clones" > - Linus Torvalds, August 1991 > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com <a href="http://mail01.mail.com/scripts/payment/adtracking.cgi?bannercode=adsfreejump01" target="_blank">http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup</a>