good point

You know you guys that are using the test version of FC4 can start your own thread with a similar title so Red Hat will know what isn't working that wasn't working with FC3.

How much did it cost for the Internet access, CD burner, CD blanks and learning how to use the software, electricity wise, surfing the Internet to make the CD burner work, if applicable?

Just remember for future reference. It's not a Free Linux O/S unless the mailing process is through telepathy and you don't have to be online or have a CD-ROM burner to "make it happen"

t3gah:

My Internet access is unmetered, so is effectively free.

The CD burner I use for burning audio CDs (the purpose for which it was bought), so again is effectively free.

The blank CDs I'll grant you cost me. About a quid. A cost which I am able to absorb without noticing.

The machine I run Linux on runs 24/7 anyway (it's my FTP server, as well as my desktop machine), so electricity is a non-issue.

I had to learn how to use Linux to do my University course, so there was no additional cost there either. That's pretty much immaterial, as I enjoy learning about computers, so it would have been a gain for me, not a loss, if I wasn't required to learn Linux anyway.

All the hardware I'm using with Fedora C.3 works out-the-box.

Yes, t3gah, I spent some money getting my Fedora distro. About the cost of a Big Mac. Had I used some CD-RWs I have lying around just for the duration of the install, then my additional costs would be zero.

Anyway, even having paid for my installation media, I have still saved a considerable amount of money, so my statement pretty much stands anyway.

Dave

if you were to get drunk as you say, what kind of beer would it be?!

Probably more than a few bottles of fine Peroni. Or maybe a skinfull of Kronenbourgh, who knows. At the moment I'm drinking a rather nice, astringently dry, Chardonnay which is going down a treat.

Dave