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I need to download Linux, as I plan to use it on my computer. I cannot, however find WHERE to download it. I see all these “distributions”, but no clear indication of which I should be downloading. I intend to run a personal server off of it for webdev testing. Can anyone provide me with a link to the “distritution” I should be using?
Thanks,
Dan
[i]Originally posted by PeOfEo [/i]
[B]if it just for testing why not run the server from windows?[/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by PeOfEo [/i]Because Linux is a better server platform. That's why.
[B]if it just for testing why not run the server from windows?[/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by fredmv [/i]Bah. I was assumeing he was running this from his home pc and not a dedicated box.
[B]Because Linux is a better server platform. That's why. [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by Daniel T [/i]what kind of ram are we talking about, motherboard, what? Might be hard to find the proper stuff depending on how old it is.
[B]Cuz I only have 64MB RAM, so it runs windows like crap. And I can't get more RAM, because all the slots are filled up.
BTW, is it possible to substitute your current RAM sticks or larger ones? By the reaction when I asked at Geekz(local computer store), it didn't sound like it was possible, but I don't see why it couldn't be done... [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by Daniel T [/i]
[B]So, if I understand correctly, after I download the "images", I will need to burn them to either a CD or a DVD? Cuz if that's the case, I can't do it cuz our only burner is busted... [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by PeOfEo [/i]
[B]what kind of ram are we talking about, motherboard, what? Might be hard to find the proper stuff depending on how old it is. [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by PeOfEo [/i]LOL. Well, it appears I have four sticks of 16MB EDO RAM. How hard is it to find that?
[B]as long as it is not a 486 or something :p. [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by PeOfEo [/i]A friend down here had a source for pallet loads of full up systems like that. He wanted to know if it would be worth building a big linux cluster out off them. I told him he couldn't afford the air conditioning. 8-)
[B]I got a motherboard with a pentium 2 on it and 128mb of ram for free yesterday. At a building down town a guy was trashen it, perfectly good, so my neighbor grabbed it. [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by davidbrent [/i]Try installing linux on it, its kind of hard to do. Try putting any os but what came with it on there (unless you are upgrading the os from the one that came on it). Infact, try getting on ethernet, unless the mobo has pci slots you are on 56k, fat chanse getting an isa ethernet card. 486 is great for running a win 98 server w/ pws :p But nothing else will really fly (plus it would lag like a mofo).
[B]Hey, whats wrong with a good ol 486?! [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by davidbrent [/i]Nothing; as long as you really need all that power. ?
[B]Hey, whats wrong with a good ol 486?! [/B][/QUOTE]
[i]Originally posted by DaveSW [/i]but then you have to wait for the cds to get there which is more of a hassle IMO.
[B]Another alternative to downloading the iso images is to buy the cds from someone else who has downloaded them.
I usewww.efusian.co.uk but they're UK based. There should be American equivalents though. You pay £3 to £4 and get all the cds ready to install. It's easier than downloading them I think. [/B][/QUOTE]
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