Introducing UNIX and Linux |
Installing LinuxOverview |
Starting outIf you want to download a freely distributed version of Linux,
you can do no better than starting your venture at The distribution of Linux is now extremely well supported and you will find that there are references to English and non-English language versions. There are also links to mirror sites where you can download Linux free of charge; there are details of Linux vendors and on-line reviews of some of the free Linux distributions. At the last count there were at least forty versions of Linux which could be downloaded from this site. This chapter does not deal with the specifics involved in downloading any one of these distributions, but you will find that the on-line documentation provided with each package is quite adequate. However, there are a number of fundamental choices of which you should be aware when installing Linux; it is to these that we turn our attention in this chapter. |
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