I'm looking for magazines which include a version of Linux and was wondering if anyone on TA knew anything about this. I'm in USA so, unless the magazine distributes to USA, don't list it. Thanks!!!

I'm not aware if theres any magazines that have linux cds, but you can download the distribution of your choice for free at www.linuxiso.org.

Go to Barnes & Noble and see what they got there, they usually got a nice selection of magazines.

I hope you were aware that linux is free and you can download it eh. same goes for some unix flavours.

If you don't want to download it you can buy any linux distribution very cheap.

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Here's why I can't DL it: I HAVE A 28.8K/33.6K CONNECTION! Even on 56K, it would take days to get even ONE ISO file! Most are at least 600 MB! Some are even exactly 700 MB, which is just 3.12 MB short of the 80 minute CD capacity! So, there's no way I can DL it. In fact, on ADSL/Cable, it'll STILL take a while (24+ hours for all of the ISOs for one distribution) because those are BIG files...

If downloading it isnt an option go to the website of the distribution of your choice, and you can purchase the cds for a very low cost (blank cd + shipping), I have yet to see them in a magazine. The other option is to go to a book store (barnes & nobles, borders etc) and buy a book on it, these will come with the cd's as well as everything you need to know about your particular distro the only problem is they generally run 40-50$.

I'll check out B&N. After all, I need to know how to run it. So, I'm just going to get a book that has the CD (s) in it. Thanks again!

No problem! If you havn't chosen your distribution yet I'd recomend either mandrake(slightly more difficult to instal, but more feature rich without being complicated) or redhat(very easy to use, but also very basic). However whichever one you start with, if you choose to move to another distro it should be fine, most of the stuff a book will teach you will aply to the other distros as well.

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Originally posted by Nadi No problem! If you havn't chosen your distribution yet I'd recomend either mandrake(slightly more difficult to instal, but more feature rich without being complicated) or redhat(very easy to use, but also very basic). However whichever one you start with, if you choose to move to another distro it should be fine, most of the stuff a book will teach you will aply to the other distros as well.

I think that I'm going to have some BIG problems:

1. I don't have a hardware modem. I have a "Winmodem" (PCTEL Platinum).

2. I have NO sound card or graphic card (I'm getting sound from a device that's normally supposed to allow you to record to MD from your PC through the USB port (It's called "PC Link", included with my SONY MZR-500 portable MD recorder)).

3. I need another HDD (a BIG one) REAL SOON.

4. I NEVER used Linux before and I don't even know the FIRST thing about coding, etc. I never even used a command line before (except in DOS ONCE and I only know 3 commands, "date", "time" and "fdisk").

5. I only have 128 MB of RAM and a Intel Celeron at 800 Mhz (with a 20 GB HDD that's 90%+ full).

As you can see, I have to get ALL of this sorted out BEFORE I make the "Linux Leap". I'm not going to be using Linux as my primary OS, though... Windows XP Corp. will be my primary OS until another Windows comes out! I just want to try Linux out.