need help getting started -- probably w Knoppix

[Donn]

Mike,

I work at Greenway and I-17 and could easily burn you either a CD or a DVD
verison of Knoppix. Which do you prefer? Could you drop by my work to pick
up? If so, contact me off-list and we can arrange.

On 9/26/05, Mike Schwartz <av567 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I am Mike Schwartz - a member of the Aztec Free-Net
> (see previous news items posted here, by "av567" [me]).
>
> In the future I may be able to help other Newbies,
> but first I need to get started on Gnu/Linux myself.
> My interest in this has increased recently,
> partly as a reaction to some of the things written
> recently about MS in the mainstream press, and
> partly since I have a computer at home
> that I'd like to use to start learning more about
> FOSS. This is my request for help getting started.
>
> At a stammtisch meeting, I asked about a dual-boot
> capability and someone suggested that, by starting
> with Knoppix, there is no need to modify my OS loader;
> I have never used a "bootable CD" (or, DVD) to run
> Linux before, and I have still yet to read a couple
> of books on Linux that I got from the library.
> Someone suggested that, rather than try to download
> Knoppix myself, and create (burn) a CD, instead to
> find someone who already has one, or who could create
> one. If you are that person, please reply.
> I am planning to attend the Sept. 27 West Side
> meeting of PLUG. If you can help me, I would
> appreciate it and maybe do something good in return.
> :: PS ::
> I think there is a way I can "reply" to this posting,
> with a "comment" that would show up in the same thread.
> I guess I will try to do that, if/when there is anything
> new (such as, "never mind" for some reason)
> Thanks,
> Mike Schwartz
> Glendale AZ
> Home: 623-561-1223
> Work: 623-340-0442 <--[cell phone]
>
>
> Mike Schwartz schwartz at acm.org
> Glendale AZ USA "or" av567 at yahoo.com
>
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Donn
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