Hi, guis, As a newbe-to-nominal Linux user am delighted by (live) Knoppix 6.4: it sees Windows' FAT32 partitions by a mere click on its interface and can save files on C:\ without any fuss. Connecting to Broadband is automatic; as fast as in Windows or faster. Such connection seems to mean avoiding known Windows' prerogatives (plus unknown ones) and it may also be possible skirting Windows by saving files of a dedicated DOS partition. Ditar.
On 7 February 2011 13:38, D. <ditar(a)xtra.co.nz> wrote:
As a newbe-to-nominal Linux user am delighted by (live) Knoppix 6.4: it sees Windows' FAT32 partitions by a mere click on its interface and can save files on C:\ without any fuss.
It was Knoppix that got me hooked on Linux! There's heaps and heaps of other distros too. I encourage you to try some of them ... eg Ubuntu and its variants, Suse, Fedora, Puppy, Damn Small Linux to name a few. Some are good general purpose systems and some go well on smaller (and/or older) systems. VirtualBox, available for Windows and Linux, gives you a "computer in a sandbox" ... lets you play around around and try things which would otherwise put your computer at risk. Michael
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