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hey guys can u tell me a good linux distribution you have tried and that i can download?
i want to put it on my old pc!
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how old is it? have a look at http://distrowatch.com/ at the linux distro's
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266mhz 288ram win2k 40 gigs..
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freebsd. but that's unix. if you insist on linux: gentoo or slackware.
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freebsd. but that's unix. if you insist on linux: gentoo or slackware.
i do not recommend a Newbie installing Gentoo or slackware
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freebsd. but that's unix.
No, Unix is Unix. FreeBSD is one of the three BSDs that are based on Unix. Linux is also based on Unix.
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hm.. i can have win2k and another os right?
is there one that can be downloaded fast?
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hm.. i can have win2k and another os right?
is there one that can be downloaded fast?
try a LiveCD that you can run from CD an yes you can dualboot
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Mandriva or ubuntu. For partitions, partition magic :)
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http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=archie
saw a few live cds and chose that one..
but i see i bunch of links and i dunno what to do :S
can u tell me where i can download the iso or something?
thanks :D
edit 2 : solved ^
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall
i saw this, and i think its better... my only questions are
will i need to make a new partition?
am i able to connect to my small network? to msn? see flash?
do i need to configure lots of things?
also... when i download it.. what should i do? burn it?

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