Re: which distro should I consider ?

On 13 Jul 2006 05:30:47 -0700, surf wrote:
I bought an HP laptop a couple of months ago.
From "my computer" it shows:

processor 1.60 GHz
590 Mhz, 504 MB of ram

from Accesories -> system tools -> system information it shows

total 512 MB, available 105.36 MB
total virtual 2 gig
avail virtual 1.96 gig

When I bought it, it was advertised as having a 60 gig hard drive,
though from my-computer it shows 47.3 gig. I would like to keep a
windows partition.

Well, you can install Mandriva Linux in 6 gig with room for updates
/dev/hdb6 ext3 6.3G 4.2G 1.9G 70% /
Of course I installed everything but LSB package and have added other
stuff.


Want to see some install screenshots.
http://doc.mandrivalinux.com/MandrakeLinux/101/en/Starter.html/drakx-intro.html

Some basic Linux 101
http://doc.mandrivalinux.com/MandrakeLinux/101/en/Command-Line.html/ref-part.html

Application crossreference charts.
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/Application_Crossover_Chart

Mandriva Download Mirror list
http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/mirrors/2006

Hunt around on any mirror for somethining like

/pub/linux/distributions/mandrivalinux/official/iso/2006.0/i586

which will be about 2 clicks on
Up to higher level directory
then you navigate to the iso directory for something like

Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD.i586.md5.asc 1 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD.i586.sha1.asc 1 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD1.i586.iso 712774 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD2.i586.iso 712540 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM
Mandriva-Linux-Free-2006-CD3.i586.iso 712882 KB 11/13/2005 12:00:00 AM

or get dvd files.

You need to verify the sha1 or md5 checksum before burning to verify
you have a good download.

ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/binary/sha1sum.exe
http://etree.org/md5com.html ! dos md5sum.exe
http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/ ! dos md5sum.exe
http://www.toast442.org/md5gui.shtml ! dos md5sum.exe

.

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