Posted by Ben C on 10/24/06 08:15

On 2006-10-23, Luigi Donatello Asero <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> wrote:
> I am considering switching from Windows 98 into Linux to post to NGs and
> e-mail in some days/1-2 weeks and I wonder whether some of you would like to
> sum it up where I could download the OS and which parts I would need
> download, given the above mentioned needs.
> Please consider that I know very little about Linux.

With Linux practically all the distributions aleady come with literally
thousands of packages to do just about everything.

For example, on my SUSE system I have at least four each different
newsreaders and e-mail clients to choose from.

You can look at openSUSE here:

http://it.opensuse.org/Benvenuto_su_openSUSE.org

It's all free in all senses and includes everything for e-mail and news
and is easy to install. Many other distributions are just as good.

Basically you download a CD image, make a CD, and then boot off it and
follow the instructions. By default it leaves Windows there and gives
you a dual boot machine, but you can configure it not to.

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