Getting Linux

bmmat · 05-06-2007, 02:20 AM

A friend of mine that belongs to this forum sent me here he said I could download a bootable disk version of Linux and try there internet browser and see how much faster it was can any one explain??
Thanks Rod

jay73 · 05-06-2007, 02:26 AM

Well, this site is meant to offer assistance, not downloads.

If you'd like to try out a liveCD, you can google for the home pages of Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS or Mepis.

[KIA]aze · 05-06-2007, 02:27 AM

But there is a download link on the right of this site:
http://iso.linuxquestions.org/

ISOs can be downloaded from here.

jay73 · 05-06-2007, 02:30 AM

omg, 800+ posts and I hadn't noticed that yet

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Anyway, just remember that not all of those are liveCDs, most are just install cds. If you need a liveCD, try one of those I listed in my previous post.

bmmat · 05-06-2007, 02:45 AM

than you I will look for the live cd version if any one else can send me a link that would be great thanks
Rod:

[KIA]aze · 05-06-2007, 02:46 AM

I would also recommend Knoppix (THE LiveCD par excellence) and Korroraa (has Beryl on it, worked perfectly for me and was my first beryl experience

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Those are of course more liveCDs than distros.
They can be installed, but usually people take the more popular distributions, which now almost all have live-CDs.

edit:
Well, Kororaa seems to be a Gentoo distribution, so it's probably not recommended if you are new to GNU/Linux.
However, like I said, the live 3D desktop works amazingly well and is fluid even from the live CD.

jay73 · 05-06-2007, 03:06 AM

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
http://www.mepis.org/mirrors
http://www.pclinuxos.org/index.php?o...iles&Itemid=28