May 4th 11, 02:01 AM
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Hey Larry, others
On 5/3/2011 2:50 PM, Hils wrote:
John Smith wrote:
On 5/3/2011 11:16 AM, dave wrote:
Go to a real news stand and search the computer mags for Linux magazines
with "live CD/DVD" enclosed. They usually have several versions you can
play with without messing up your existing installation.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/...puppy-linux-52
Don't most distros have live cds? Download your favorite flavor:
http://distrowatch.com/
A live cd of ubuntu is probably best for most newbies:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
I had Ubuntu running in VirtualBox under XP. It seemed quite usable for
my relatively limited purposes until VB crashed while I was fiddling
around with a USB stick. I'm guessing it'll restart when I reboot XP.
Ubuntu is bloatware.
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