Re: OT: What OS

["Calum Morrell" <calum@xxxxxxx>]

On 5 May 2002 at 16:49, Andy Laurence wrote:
> > All the mentions of Linux and free/low cost etc reminds me that
w=
hile
> Linux
> > is free to download, since one needs an OS to connect a computer
=
to the
> > Internet to get hold of said "free" operating system
pl=
us availability of
> a
> > CD Writer and an OS to run writer software, it suddenly has an
in=
trinsic
> > cost. The alternative is to purchase a distro from a retailer at
=
a similar
> > cost to the more popular and easier to administer MS OS
offerings=
.
> 
> Actually, you could buy distros on CD from a fiver.  It's the
ret=
ail packets
> which go for upto =A360.  You can also buy a Linux magazine in
WH=
Smith and
> get a free copy on the front.
> 
> Andy

Can I also chirp in with ... bollocks to the cd writer. I currently build
m=
y servers [Debian Woody Testing for those who care] with **2 
floppy disks** and my cable connection. And no, it doesn't take that long.
=
You simply install the base and then any apps you actually 
require. Which also means I run small, neat, fast servers which run only
se=
rvices I actually require.

--
Calum Morrell
http://www.drochaid.org

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