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The Independent: The Response to my Articles on Trying Out the Linux Operating System…

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“Debian is a pain to install, but no one in their right mind
would recommend it to a beginner. You suggest at the end of the
article that you’re going to go on and install other distributions
­ Red Hat and Mandrake were both mentioned. Either of these
would be a sensible choice but make sure you try Knoppix. Debian is
at one end of the installation-ease scale and Knoppix (which is
based on Debian) is at the other.

“www.linuxemporium.co.uk; Knoppix is available
for £2.50 on the site
John Winters, Linux Emporium (and dozens of others)

“I am part of a user group with a mailing list that provides
help to those who want to use Linux. If you want to join, log on to
http://www.b-lux.org.
Sibusiso Xolo“


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