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Re: Assume that I want to Install Linux - FOR Absolutly FREE$$ How?

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From: Lee Sharp
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:00
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mtnguy <mtnguy@uswestmail.net> wrote in article
<378C0C17.7A13FB75@uswestmail.net>...

> Go to Linux Mall or some other mail order site and you can get a copy of
> several
> different distributions of Linux for $1.95 per CD.  I purchased SuSe,
COL2.2,
> Redhat 6.0, and Mandrake 6.0 ...

   Still not free. :-)  Most distributions have a boot disk you can
download for FTP installs, but this is over a LAN, not a modem.  You can
also download the entire distribution, but you are talking about over 600
meg in most cases.  :-)  $2 plus shipping is cheap, but free is available.

			Lee
-- 
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an
individual, not as a representative of any company, organization or other
entity.  I am solely responsible for my words.
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From: "Lee Sharp" <lee@insync.net>
Subject: Re: Assume that I want to Install Linux - FOR Absolutly FREE$$ How?
Date: 1999/07/14
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