Re: Hello,can I get some help?

[Mark Blunier <blunier@ocslink.com>]

I install Debian using a 28.8 modem, and it isn't bad.  You'll need to
download 7 disks and install base system.  After the base system is installed,
you can fire up the modem, fire up the package manager, select your packages,
like X, and it will download the files you need.  Since you don't need to
babysit it, you can do it overnight (unless you have really bad phone lines
like I do, in which case I have to restart it in the morning before I go
to work), and finish the install the next evening.

By using Debian (or Redhat), upgrades are much easier, and since these
are the distributions most of us in Luci use, we can give you more specific
answers to your questions.

Mark



Previously Bj Logue (dmotf@icqmail.com):

> Hello, I am a linux user from Springfield and I goto Urusline Academy. Working with linux is not difficult for me, but I do have a few specific questions/problems. I work with a computer that just happens to run windows which has been a problem for me. I eventually became frustrated enough to replace everything that didn't work (basically all the applications) with free stuff. I ran into GNU when I was doing my replacing and I began to learn about linux. I quickly became interested in linux and I downloaded a copy of micronix linux (umsdos and it takes up 12 diskettes) because my 14.4 modem can't handle anything larger less I work on it for months. I have read every man f0ile that I have found and I keep getting references to x-windows which I know is a gui for unix, but the x that came with micronix does not contain drivers for my video card. I want to know if it's possible that when I come to my first meeting that someone could bring a cd-r or a few diskettes with x-windows !
> on there with an ATI Rage Pro graphics card of just an ATI rage card will do because I can't seem to find a site for this and downloading X will take way too long. If you have any packages that I could have a copy of I would also be grateful because as I said this machine dosen't work very fast and I have email and a slow lynx. Thanks, Darker. 
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