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  1. September 6th, 2005, 02:23 PM #1
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    Freeware Operating Systems

    I would appreciate some advice please.
    I have been thinking about trying a freeware OS, eg BSD or Linux perhaps. The computer will be reformated prior to the installation of the OS, do I have to have different drivers for the Sound Card, Graphics Card, Monitor, Modem, etc or will the existing drivers that worked with W98 be compatible with the new OS?
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    Depends on the age of your computer. An older computer will most likely be supported and most drivers will be included in the OS. Your best bet would be a distro of Linux. You can find downloads for most of the major distros here;

    http://www.linuxiso.org/

    My personal favorte is Suse, but Mandrake and Fedora/Redhat are also user friendly. Read the tutorials on how to make an ISO before you D/L a distro. Free BSD is also available from the above link.
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  3. September 6th, 2005, 04:52 PM #3
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    Many thanks for your reply, I will follow up your suggestions. The computer that I intend to use has:
    AMD Duron 800 MHz
    320 Mb RAM
    25 Gb Hard Disk
    and is about 4 or 5 years old.
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  4. September 22nd, 2005, 09:55 AM #4
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    The DVD versions of magazine cover disks can be a useful resource too. PCPlus recently had the ISO for the Linspire 5 Live CD, which can be a useful way to experiment. Other distros have a Live CD edition, eg Ubuntu.
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    Thanks Platypus I will keep an eye on the magazines for their disks, although I don't think I have ever seen PCPlus in the UK.
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    Linux distros are usually included free on the DVD version of the edition.
    If your on broadband you can get many distors from a lot of sources such as:
    http://www.linuxiso.org/
    http://www.knoppix.com/
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    Thank you for the links, which will followup.
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    Hi Jepo
    Hers a nother you can add to your list: http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

    Some of the smaller live cds will run from mini disks too
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  11. September 27th, 2005, 10:22 AM #9
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    Sorry for the delay in replying, thank you for the further information.
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    S`ok Jepo.Which did you try out?
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  13. October 1st, 2005, 04:21 PM #11
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    I have not tried any of them yet, I am trying to digest all the information received. After my forthcoming holiday I will take some action.
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