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| Written by Luther Pollok | |
| Sunday, 22 May 2005 | |
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Page 7 of 15 How can I try it out? Probably the best way to get introduced into the world of Linux is by downloading and burning one of the many bootable Linux's. Or if you know someone that has the ISO images handy, you could ask him to burn a CD for you for a nominal fee. There are numerous online service that will burn a CD for you and mail it to you for $5 to $10. Most of these bootable CD's that are being developed these says are 'stand-alone' operating systems. In effect, you do not need to be install Linux just to take it out for a spin and kick the tires. Of all of the bootable Linux CD's out there today, I would probably suggest that you get a Knoppix CD or Mepis CD. Jollix is another impressive bootable CD. My current recommendation would be to try out Knoppix or Luppix (my very own customized knock-off of Knoppix). But if you are like me, you will always want to keep experimenting to see what the "other guys" have published. I have probably 15 or 20 different versions of Linux ISO's just because I like to see what I am missing. I also use these other versions to give me ideas of what to include in "my" perfect bootable CD. There are also a number of commercial distributions out there. Of these I like what used to be called Mandrake (now called Mandriva I think). This has probably the most Newbie friendly installer out there although it requires a bit of interactivity during the installation. Athough, Knoppix install is probably about the fastest, but it requires you to manually repartition your hard drive to give the installation a place to live. In other words you can't install it in your windows partition and expect Windows to continue to run. You can do it, but its not easy. |
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