[AuckLUG] Installing Linux

[Denise Bates]

Richard Innes wrote:
> Folks: I am new to this list but not completely new to Linux.
> 
> I hope to get a new box soon and wondered if Linux it has matured enough 
> for me to retain WindowsXP on my old box and put a Linux desktop in my 
> new box. (Some years back when I had two boxes I experimented with Linux 
> on my older box.)

Why not try Slackware? There is no inflexible and resource-hungry GUI 
standing between you and a successful installation. I haven't 
experienced any of the problems that you have experienced. On most 
standard equipment, the installation will be very straightforward, if 
you read each screen carefully as you proceed. In the case of more 
difficult setups, just about everything is configurable via text-files.

An excellent manual is available, too:
http://slackbook.org

The current slackware version is 11.0, but the next version isn't too 
far away.

regards,
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