Go to Ubuntu's wesite and request free installation CDs for Mac (PPC). They won't even charge you shipping! You can also get a ton of linux programs for Mac OS X very easily. The only real reason to shell out extra $$$ for a Mac is to run their OS, anyway. If you want to run Linux, just buy an inexpensive x86 machine. -Darrin-
--- In [email protected], ResedaNights <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree with you. This is true for a couple of other Linux magazines. My only problem with them is that it applies only to those trying to install a distro to a Windows OS computer. They have completely ignored those wanting to install a Linux distro to a Mac OS computer. To get a LInux distro for a Mac OS computer, one must still go to a Linux website and attempt a download. I have after 4 months still been unsuccessful in getting any distro to load on a Mac system. I have installed SuSe and Ubuntu on WIndows PC's with the DVD's obtained from Linux magazines. I am still waiting for the day one of these magazines offers a DVD or CD for a distro installation for Mac systems. > > Ron Tate > > Ron Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One good source for Linux programs and distros is a magazine called Linux Format. It has about a $15 price tag, but it comes with a DVD which usually have different distros and other programs on it. It may have one distro which can be used directly from the DVD as either a Live DVD or as an install disk. It, also, has a number of ISO files already on it; so, if you don't have broadband, you won't have to spend a couple of hours on a download. It, also, has very good articles, but since it is a British magazine, you will have to contend with British English. > > Ron > > Chad Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1- Would it be advisable to turn to Linux? > > Always. I mean, yeah, you're computer will be slow, but there's not a > whole lot that can be done about that. All in all, Linux is more secure > and cheaper, if nothing else. > > > 2- Reasons? > > As I mentioned, the big ones are security and price. There's also a > wide variety of software out there. You're not going to find a lot of > games, but there's a variety of other software available. Another big > factor is choice. There are a lot of choices available to you that your > average Windows user wouldn't know about. This could be a good thing or > a bad thing, depending on how you look at it. > > > 3- How should I do so? > > Download a distro and try it out. Most install quite easily. Fedora, > Ubuntu and SuSE are quite good, though SuSE isn't free, as I understand > it. If you're willing to just blow away your Windows installation, > there really shouldn't be much in your way. Just be prepared to read > documentation. > > > 4- Should I expect a steep learning curve? > > There are things to unlearn from using Windows. Just keep an open mind > and be willing to read and ask specific questions. If you start with > installing a distro that runs GNOME or KDE, it should ease your transition. > > > 5- If I just use my computer to type things, use home Excel sheets, send and receive e-mails with Outlook, browse the web with Firefox, and not much more: What should I expect to improve with Linux? > > Improve? Certainly, you'll be able to continue to do these things, but > with different programs. OpenOffice is quite good with compatibility > with Office formats. Firefox is available for Linux. There are many > mail clients from Thunderbird to Evolution. It isn't possible to run > Windows programs natively in Linux, and the Windows emulators for Linux > aren't perfect, but there are often equivalent programs to use in Linux. > > > 6- Which of the distros is best suited for old and very limited computers? I should also tell you that I am "old and limited" being almost forty YO. > > It's hard to get a distro that's lean and user-friendly. I mean, > graphical interfaces come at a performance price. I would start with > one of the distros I mentioned above and just install a basic set of > programs. You can always add more later if you have space. You might > also want to poke around distrowatch.com for further ideas. > > Chad Martin > > "The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth." > --Wilfred Grenfell > > --------------------------------- > Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1ยข/min. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
