Subject: RE: New Member
From: Jim Gribbin (jewelrysupplier@gci.net)
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 02:37:55 AKST
As far as the basic distro goes, the download has all the same ISOs as
the store-bought. The store-bought distros normally include some printed
documentation. When you pop for the 'Professional' or other versions,
they often include proprietary 3rd party software that can't or is
difficult to download. For example: StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2 with the
RedHat 6.x distros, or the games included with the Mandrake 8 Gaming
Edition.
On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 13:42, Matthew Dunaway wrote:
> What I would like is Mandrake 9.0 and SuSE 8.1(?) Professional.
> I have another question. What is the difference in downloading, say,
> Mandrake 9.0 from the internet as opposed to buying it in the store? Is
> there a big difference in what is included on the CDs? Is it the same as if
> you inserted the CDs from the boxed set? Are there programs only available
> in the set you have to buy? Can you download any missing programs not
> included in the ISO's?
> Sorry for so many questions. :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org]On Behalf Of
> Fielder George Dowding
> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:21 PM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: Re: New Member
>
>
>
> Greetings Matthew, here is my nickle's worth.
>
> Distribution CD's: name your poison. Someone on this list is sure to
> have it. Just ask. On the other hand, if you are not sure what you
> want, do come the the Friday night lab sessions. You can just hang
> out with the object of finding out who uses which distro and why.
> Then you can bring you box in if you need help installing the distro
> you have selected.
>
> I am the new custodian of the AKLUG burner box. I will be bringing
> it to the Friday night sessions, but it is better to put your order
> in ahead of time. IDEA has a big pipe, the main reason to bring in
> the burner box is to up date iso's or download additional distros.
> Greg is the expert having just passed the box on to me. It would be
> a good idea to bring blank cd's if you have them. The latest is
> DVD's. This box only does CD's. You didn't say what kind of
> equipment was running WXP. Perhaps you already have a DVD reader or
> one of the combo drives. If so, you are really in business.
>
> You may want to consider one of the live distro's so you don't have
> to do anything to your existing setup.
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