Re: I want to migrate to Linux

pcbldrNinetyEight <pcbldrninetyeight.com> wrote in
news:Xns9A5097E8EC539pcbldrNinetyEight@xxxxxxxxxxxx:

I want to migrate from WIN98SE to Linux and am looking for advise.

I recently built two Identical WIN98SE PCs. Even though I expect these
machines to last many years I know someday they will wear out and
WIN98SE compatible hardware will not be available. I have no intention
of ever buying MS OS again so I must take action so I can continue
building and using PCs in the future.

One PC will serve as a test machine and the other will be my primary
PC. My plan is to start by booting from a LiveCD, then install Linux
in a dual boot with WIN98SE, then install just Linux. If I am
successful I will abandon WIN98SE on both machines.

My priorities in order of importance are:
Support for my hardware. (I omitted a list for brevity in this first
post but will supply if you are interested)
Support for WINE so I may continue to use my current software for
which there are no Linux alternatives.

I need to get this OS up and running quickly with little previous
knowledge. Until I have time to learn the syntax of Linux I need to
pick a distro that supports point and click as much as possible. I
have told my wife that she too is migrating to Linux and she also
needs a point and click OS.

I am considering the following distros and given my goals I would
appreciate your input and or additional suggestions:
PCLinuxOS
Ubantu

I chose this NG to post because it looks fairly active. If there is a
better NG for my questions then please advise. Thank you for your
help.

I forgot to mention. I am on dialup so I will buy my distro from
OSDisc.com. I need a distro that is as complete as possible so I can avoid
downloading large files. The distro discs are fairly cheap so I can afford
to buy quite a few to experiment with. I have heard of a dependency
manager. Will this find the files I need on the distro disc or will it try
to download files?

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pcbldrNinetyEight
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