Hilmar;

One suggestion. Purchase a hard disk removable tray and a hard disk for your Linux system. That way you can use your present computer for more than one operating system, etc.

A friend of mine tried to install both windows and Linux on one hard disk and lost all his windows data! :(

Tom


>Jerry,
>
>I was considering taking a look at Linux, at home. Perhaps you can give me a few hints, how I should start? I understand there are several distributions. Probably I should download (or get on CD) one that is easy to install. Any ideas?
>
>Hilmar.
>
>>>I've just read this and to be honest, I wouldn't believe it, if it came from someone other than Microsoft.
>>>
>>>News story
>>>
>>>Kev
>>
>>Check out: http://k12os.org
>>
>>"admin writes "The 24 largest school districts in Oregon and Washington are being audited my the Microsoft marketing department for license compliance. Along with the letter from MS came an invitation to lease software from MS as part of a school agreement that requires MS licenses for every Pentium and PPC computer, even those running Linux or Mac OS.
>>
>>Steve Duin, a writer for the Oregonian has a column that tells the story.
>>
>>If that url is too long try this one:
>>http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/
>>
>>Portland Public Schools, after a successful test of K12LTSP in one middle school, is installing K12LTSP in 10 more labs this week. They have plans for 100 more next year.
>>
>>To give you an idea of the scale of the problem facing a large district like PPS, they have 25,000 PCs. A MS school agreement lease of software could cost the district over $1,000,000 a year. Just buying a virus package would cost $250,000 a year.
>>
>>Use of K12LTSP and other open source, free software is a viable alternative. Schools are starting to figure this out.
>>
>>Quoting Steve Duin and Scott Robinson, CIO of PPS in the article above, "... Thus, it's not surprising that several schools are asking, along with Robinson in Portland, "whether we want to continue with the Microsoft platform."..."
>>
>>If there ever was a time when using Linux on desktops in schools and public agencies makes sense, it's NOW when MS is shooting itself in the foot with predatory pricing practices.
>>
>>What can you do?
>>
>>DOWNLOAD a free copy of K12LTSP, get together with your local Linux User Group and plan a demonstration for your local schools. http://k12ltsp.org/download.html"