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[Jason Lynn]

I don't know if anyone mentioned this or not, but www.linuxiso.org is a good 
place to get iso images.  "Fresh ISOs - Just Like Mom Used To Burn".
--Jason
>
>
>On Sunday 17 February 2002 10:07 pm, George Johnson wrote:
> > Was looking at some sites that I thought had linux to download but found
> > only tons of gzip files no cd images.  I believe this is linux in many
> > small parts.  Now how does one go about finding what parts to download 
>and
> > use? Then how to install?
>
>George:
>
>If you haven't done this before, I *highly* recommend installing from CD's,
>for several reasons:
>
>1. It's easier,
>
>2. No long download times
>
>3. You'll have a *huge* selection of goodies available. Maybe you won't
>use them all, but it's nice to be able to try stuff out, and choose the 
>ones
>you like best, without having to search the web or do hundred-megabyte
>downloads. I often read about a new program which sounds useful, and start 
>to
>download it, only to find I already have it on a CD.
>
>4. You can experiment with different setups (server, graphics workstation,
>development box, etc). very easily.
>
>5. When you need to reload or modify your installation, you'll still have 
>the
>CD's.
>
>A few options are: Walmart (Mandrake 8.1  - $25.00)
>http://www.cheapbytes.com (Just about any distro - Couple of bucks per CD)
>Your favorite computer store. (You get books with this)
>If you need it absolutely free, then I can send you a set I don't use:
>Slack 4.0, RH 7.1, Debian 2.2 from cheapbytes, or older versions
>such as SuSE 6.4 or Mandrake 7.1.
>
>Regards,
>Irv
>
>
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