[wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse

[Nick Jensen]

Yeah, I though it was pretty cool too. They only have one real distro and a 
couple of off-the-disk ones, but I still think that's great. They also say 
whether hardware will run well under liinux, and they generally provide 
Linux drivers if they exist. They also sell laptops and desktops with no 
pre-loaded OS, so you can stick Linux on and not have to worry about paying 
for unwanted Windows.
The other place to get distro's without downloading them and without 
bothering LUG members (who don't seem to mind anyway) is from magazines - I 
think you can grab Suse, Fedora Core 2.0, Slackware 10.0 and various others 
off the covers of mags that are on the shelves at the moment, but the mags 
do cost $25-$30. Way too much really, but it is convenient.

  Nick


>From: "Tristan Thomas" <tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz>
>Reply-To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
>To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
>Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
>Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:00:59 +1200
>
>Wow!
>http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/414955660112d9842740c0a87f9906e3
>/Product/View/XC4035
>Of all the places to find linux, I didn't think Dick Smith would be one of
>them!
>
>Thats just too easy...I'll pick a copy up tomorrow.
>
>To everyone that replied:  thanks for your help!  I'll try mandrake over 
>the
>weekend and let you know how it goes.
>
>Tristan
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nick Jensen" <spoonfella at hotmail.com>
>To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
>Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
>
>
> > Hi Tristan, I think Mandrake is probably a good choice, I haven't used 
>it
> > much personally,  but I know there are a hell of a lot of people do, so
> > there's lots of help out there if you need it. It also has a nice 
>friendly
> > graphical installer, which is probably your best bet for a first 
>install.
> > You can buy it from Dick Smith's for $10.
> > As Darryl said, trying out with Knoppix or Morphix first could be a good
> > idea, because you can run it off the disk without needing to install - a
> > good way of seing if your laptop likes Linux. You can also get both
>Knoppix
> > and Morphix from Dick Smith's, and I think they cost $10 for the 2 of
>them.
> >
> >    Nick
> >
> >
> > >From: "Tristan Thomas" <tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz>
> > >Reply-To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> > >To: <wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz>
> > >Subject: Re: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> > >Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:52:57 +1200
> > >
> > >Peter
> > >
> > >I've used unix and a little linux at uni, so not totally new to it.
> > >
> > >I chose mandrake / suse because I've been led to beleive that linux and
> > >laptops (especially with touchpads, dvd burners and wifi) don't go
>together
> > >very well, and I figured one of the 'bigger' distros would be an easier
> > >install.
> > >
> > >Tristan
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: Peter Jones
> > >   To: 'wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz'
> > >   Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:40 PM
> > >   Subject: RE: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> > >
> > >
> > >   Really new to Linux? Try looking at Xandros Open distribution.
> > >http://www.xandros.com/
> > >   Very easy to use and install.
> > >   I believe it's based on Debian so once you got comfortable you could
> > >move to the full version of Debian
> > >   (which apparently is the One True Operating System) :-)
> > >
> > >   -----Original Message-----
> > >   From: Tristan Thomas [mailto:tristanthomas at xtra.co.nz]
> > >   Sent: Thursday, 16 September 2004 3:24 p.m.
> > >   To: wellylug at lists.wellylug.org.nz
> > >   Subject: [wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse
> > >
> > >
> > >     Hello
> > >
> > >     I'm new to linux and I'm looking for a copy of either mandrake 10 
>or
> > >suse 9 to install on a toshiba m30 laptop.
> > >
> > >     Is there anyone who would be able to burn me a copy of either of
> > >these?  Or suggest a better distro?
> > >
> > >     Thanks
> > >
> > >     -Lab Worker-
> > >     Lower Hutt
> >
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