[wellylug] copy of mandrake / suse

Brenda O'Hagan brenda.wallace at gmail.com
Thu Sep 16 21:49:57 NZST 2004


Quay computers usually have a few copies of various linux distros, for
somethign like $10.

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:15:17 +1200, Nick Jensen <spoonfella at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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




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