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To: trebb

Whichever one is available at http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora at any given time, preferably a live image. Download an ISO image, burn it to disk, and then reboot — when your computer boots from the optical drive, you can take it for a test drive without losing anything on your hard drive, and if/when you’re ready to make the jump, you can do a full install from the same disk.

Personally, I find it’s a great way to make older hardware usable — Windows may run like a dog, but Linux will still be pretty snappy. And if all you want is a web browser, email, and some lightweight office stuff, old hardware works like a champ.

Except for Flash. But Flash is evil.


15 posted on 05/11/2012 11:31:13 AM PDT by kevkrom (Those in a rush to trample the Constitution seem to forget that it is the source of their authority.)
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To: kevkrom
The plus side. Fedora is Red Hat. The only two US distros I know of are Slackware and Red Hat.
I've been a Slacker since 3.9 but would not recommend it to anyone.

16 posted on 05/11/2012 7:04:54 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366 (Do politicians satisfy the literal definition of zombies?)
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