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 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@acm.org > Glendale AZ USA "or" av567@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.co > -- Donn dlshumway@gmail.com "Sarcasm is the safe alternative to expressing anger." --Richard North Patterson