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dmcfarland:
I went to the lindows-now Linspire website. They are very greedy about distributing their software. I dont want to pay for a linux distro when I can get another one for free on the net.
I ended breaking down anyway and wiped windows off of my system.I just cant do it anymore. It doesnt feel right.(I sound like a junkie. ;) I plan to install Fedora Core 4. I tried solaris and that was just confusing and it looked like it didnt have the drivers I needed for my NIC. So Im using FC4 for now. I doubt I have enough no-how to install slackware, Debian had 10 install disks on its website. Suse is owned by Novell and therefore a corporate hack distro I cant afford. I tried installing Mandriva linux LE2005, and I got-ERROR LOADING SYSTEM, and it wouldnt boot.
Im not angry, but I am going with a distro that I know will install. Im a relative newbie, and I am not a programmer or super geek when it comes to windows. Learning Linux is much more difficult than learning netware 3.5/3.6 or whatever version I learned on (It was before the GUI version of netware,) but I love a challenge. So to qoute others who have posted in these forums
FUCK MICROSOFT!!!!!
noob:
Linspire now, M$hite tryed to sue them over th "indows" bit. I tryed it and I wasnt too impressed with it, thit was when it had just shanged the name so it may have come along since then.
Jack2000:
Why The Heck Is Every One Talking How Much An Os Costs !
As If You Could Not Just Pirate It Anyway! God Damn It !
dmcfarland:
I couldnt get it off of a bitorrent. I am going with FC4 for now. Im probably going to invest in some books about linux. If I ever go back into the IT industry I want to be proficient in linux, so I dont get pigeon holed into being a Desktop Support person. I hated that the first time around. I would like to learn about computer telephony at some point. Im getting off topic.
I heard Linspire was slower than fc4.
FUCK MICROSOFT
dmcfarland:
Thats what I was doing before. There are not of pirated copies of Linspire around on p2p. I get tired of doing that after a while.
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