[Coco] Fedora 6 DVD ISO & Linux in General

[mike delyea]

Sorry, that link doesn't seem to be working, try this one

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ubuntu&search=Search

On 5/2/07, mike delyea <mdelyea at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, that kind of thinking is old hat (heh).  If you want to install Linux
> on a newer machine you need to get a newer distro.  For beginners, I really
> recommend PCLinuxOS.  It installs most of the media codecs during the
> initial install and it has nvidia drivers available via Synaptic.  Ubuntu's
> latest is also pretty good.  For anybody even contemplating installing Vista
> the learning curve and installation problems are just as large (if not more
> so) than for Linux.  For a look at what modern Linux distros have to offer,
> check out this link vs Vista.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5O
>
> On 5/2/07, Rod Barnhart <rod.barnhart at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/2/07, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 10:16:51AM -0400, Ries, Rich [S&FS] wrote:
> > > > Maybe I'm spoiled, but with
> > > > Windows I D/L the executable, and GO. It looks like if I want
> > anything
> > > > with Linux, I need to D/L it, then try to compile it, scream, cry,
> > and
> > > > give up.
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for your uninformed opinion.
> > >
> >
> > It's not so much that he's uninformed... Just even more out of date
> > than Roger's Red Hat install was ;)
> >
> >
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