RE: LINUX Workstations

On Sunday 05 October 2003 14:52, Mark Phippard wrote:
> Joe,
>
> All Linux offers free iso downloads somewhere - I haven't found
> Lindows. Check http://www.linuxiso.org/

Not all the commercial distros offer downloadable CD images. Lindows 
doesn't, and neither does Xandros. Usually because the version includes 
third party software (like StarOffice) that can't be redistributed. SuSE 
offers the live CD (run from CD, no install to disk) or the FTP install 
option. Others like Libranet offer the prior to current version for 
download. I wish RedHat offered their iSeries version for download ;)

As an aside, Lycoris was mentioned earlier as a derivative of Debian. It 
was originally based on Caldera OpenLinux, from what I remember, at a 
time when Caldera (now SCO) were more friendly with the open source 
community...

> I hadn't thought about the CD burning issue but I believe we were
> talking about Windows.  Usually when you buy a PC with a burner it
> comes with some burning software that can do it.  If not, I am sure
> there already are free utilities somewhere.  Once you get a Linux
> system running, it certainly comes with software that does this.

Places like http://www.cheapbytes.com will sell you CD sets of the 
download images for very little - useful if you don't have access to a CD 
burner.

Regards, Martin
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