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Article #56937Re: evaluation copy
From: John Summerfield
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:00
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In <329AABFC.26ED6B3F@greathan.apana.org.au>, Herbert Xu <herbert@greathan.apana.org.au> writes:
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Rob Watkin wrote:
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> Dingo wrote:
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> > I have become very interested
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> > in Linux from reading all the FAQ's
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> > and messages on newsgroups. but where can
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> > I obtain an evaluation copy?
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> > Any ideas? I was told it is available on the
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> > Web but I can't find a copy to play with.
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> I am very happy with Redhat Linux becuase it has a package management
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> tool (RPM). See http://www.redhat.com :)
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So does Debian.
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Debian GNU/Linux 1.1 is out! { http://www.debian.org/ }
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Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <herbert@greathan.apana.org.au>
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{ http://greathan.apana.org.au/~herbert/ }
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PGP Key: pgp-public-keys@pgp.mit.edu or any other key sites
I do think, though, you'd do well to buy a Cd with book. While it's
possible to installed it from the net, it's decidedly difficult for a
novice. There are several choices at good technical bookshops. While
RedHat 4 is available, RH 3 remains a good choice (it only came out in
March). I've seen reports from others who reckon Slackware 96 is
pretty good.
Do look closely at any books: the first version O got, Slackeware
2.something, is still available but with newer distributions readily
availble there's little to recommend it.
Cheers
John Summerfield
Warped & Connected
Perth, Western Australia
OS2 support @ http://www.iinet.net.au/~summer
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,4032911122191e46 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: summer@iinet.net.au (John Summerfield) Subject: Re: evaluation copy Date: 1996/11/28 Message-ID: <c0.9u.2D7HPW$0Bw@maximus.summerfield.network> X-Deja-AN: 202259533 sender: summer@maximus.summerfield.network references: <murray.hansen-2111961751090001@152.91.169.1> <3298109A.6703@hightide.net.au> <329AABFC.26ED6B3F@greathan.apana.org.au> organization: OS/2 Support reply-to: summer@iinet.net.au (John Summerfield) newsgroups: aus.computers.linux