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Re: Download Open Linux 2.3

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From: Larry Wagner
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:00
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Is there a way to download Linux and install it off of floppy disks, if you have
a fast Internet connection but no capability for burning a CD?

Larry


Scott Simpson wrote in message <7sdp63$b1h$1@holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
>Glenn T. Jayaputera <gtj@tesla.net.au> wrote in message
>news:slrn7uk153.lm9.gtj@budgie.tesla.net.au...
>> I believe there are some who have download version of 2.3
>> The problem is the license imposed by Caldera says that you
>> cannot redistribute/reproduce/resell 4 components of the
>> distributions (one of them is Lizard) without written
>> permission from them.
>
>There is a very easy solution to this. Run Debian. You can't really blame
>Caldera, they are trying to make money and stay in business.  I would rather
>give my money to Caldera than Microsoft.  I find all this bickering about
>prices really silly because everybody can run Debian (or RedHat) for
>virtually free (the price of cutting a CD).  I think people that pay money
>in the store for Linux distributions are naive; the support the companies
>claim to give is virtually non-existent and better manuals can be had at the
>bookstore. Why bother?
>
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From: "Larry Wagner" <larrywagner@home.com>
Subject: Re: Download Open Linux 2.3
Date: 1999/09/23
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