Re: Where the F**K do I begin?

GregForester@xxxxxxxxxxxx pinched out a steaming pile
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I have never even had any interest in Linux, but since I just got a
new computer I have my old Pentium III 700mhz. I also have a spare
15
gig harddrive to install it on, and by swapping hard drives, I can
put
back my regular drive. Anyhow, I went to linux.com to download it.
That's where I about *** my pants.

Maybe you should wear diapers on teh intanets tubes...


First of all, there are 20 or 30
different versions. So which one do I use? I thought Linux was
Linux. Then I see that to download I need bit-torrent or emule.

Yeah...you need a fat pipe to suck the big files.
Go to rich friends house and dl your choice...but REMEMBER...real men
use slackware :)

Well, that's not going to happen because no computer of mine will
ever
connect to either of those virus ridden things.


Thats why you use your *buddies* computer, duh.
And try distrowatch instead.

I finally find one
that has a link that directs me to a FTP site. I decide to just
download it and see what happens. That's until I discover there are
many files. Some are smallish .ZIP files, and I highly doubt they
are
the OS. There are numerous text files, and finally a 700 meg file
with an .iso extension. I assume from the size that the .ISO is the
actual OS, but what the f**k is a .ISO file?

It is what it is :)


Just for grins I clicked
on that ISO file, and was told that the download would take about 4
and a half days on my dialup connection.


You're not at your buddies house, yet?

Well, all I really wanted to do was see what Linux looked like on my
screen. I really had no intention to actually use it.

What kinda *** does that?
Try BeOS if you want to have fun:
www.beosmaxfiles.org


I dont love
Microsoft or even like them, but at least my Win XP on one computer
and Win98 on the other both work and make sense to install. (I still
prefer Win98 over XP, not that this matters to Linux). I heard Linux
was complicated and was really only for the ultimate class of
computer
geeks, which I am not.

Uh...ok...whatever *that* means...

However, I do have 18 years of computer use
under my belt, so I thought I could at least install the friggin
thing
and take a look at it. But hey, if it takes a geek diploma just to
download the damn thing, I think I'll pass.


Yeah I think Ive been playing Doom for that long too :)

[...blargh...]

OK, I know someone is going to tell me to buy it on CD. Well, if the
price was the cost of a blank CD, plus actual shipping I might
consider it. but I would not pay more just to "look at it", and
likely
never use it again, "IF' and "ONLY IF" I could even install the damn
thing. Like what the hell does one do with a .ISO file anyhow?


Use Nero? Much?
Go File> Burn Image and let Nero work its magic :)

Go ahead, post photos..... That's all I need.....


Grep the pron yourself, Net Abuser.



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