General Discussion

[[jaffa]]

Most distros are free.

[ninianman]

Yep Linux is the way to go mate. The possibilities there are endless. Thats why im getting into Red Hat. It pays for Red Hat but Ubuntu is completely free i think

[ThyHighlander]

ive had a quick browse of the linux website and im not sure which one to get. anyone have any recomendations?

[[jaffa]]

'The linux website'? LOL WUT?

[ThyHighlander]

http://www.linux.org/ ? Im looking for one where its perm on your hard disk

[[jaffa]]

That's a news/community site. You want the site of a distro. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution

[hodgy100]

i have a problem!!!!!!!!! i reinstalled windows on my pc to make it run faster. after installing it registered fine now when the automatic update program is launched it downloads the updates, the tries to install them, it then tells me that they failed to install. i have serched the internet for a solution many times but i havent found any. the only thing i can do is download the updates manually and install them manually. any ideas???

[ninianman]

I'd say either Red Hat or Ubuntu. I've just requested for 3 install CDs of Ubuntu, for free!

[ninianman]

i have a problem!!!!!!!!! i reinstalled windows on my pc to make it run faster. after installing it registered fine now when the automatic update program is launched it downloads the updates, the tries to install them, it then tells me that they failed to install. i have serched the internet for a solution many times but i havent found any. the only thing i can do is download the updates manually and install them manually. any ideas??? Wait there, there is an article to this double post 2X noob!

[ThyHighlander]

I might go for red hat, WINE seems to run some windows programs and this will be handy for me. umm anyone help me download these?