Downloading Linux

[Uranium]

Anyone got any decent URL's of where I can download the latest version of Linux? The links on their website are not very good.

Also does your hard disk have to be FAT 16? Would be a lot easier if I could have it in FAT32, I assume Linux doesn't support it :(

[Jiveman]

I would recomend Linux Mandrake as I installed that last week and it is very easy to use/get going. I think that is from http://www.mandrake.org but I am not 100% certain. R.e. partition information, you can either install onto a windows partition which is apparently slower or re partition some free space/an existing windows partion and use that. You can't get at a linux partition through linux afaik but you can get at windows from linux. (this may be completely against what you want to know :P )

[Skunk]

Forget about FAT 16 / 32 - Linux will foramt the partition you give it using a luvverly Linux file system which kicks the arse of both of those methods.

As far as downloading "linux" goes, you don't get linux, rather you get one of the many linux distributions. These are baiscally the linux core + a load of useful open source utilities for using it, like easy to use installers, windows systems (to give you a GUI like normal windows), system utilities and so forth.

If you are going to download it the easiest way is to download an ISO of a linux CD and then burn it onto a CD using a CD writer. I'm afraid I have no idea how you install linux without using a CD - someone else should though.

[Slime]

I'm afraid I have no idea how you install linux without using a CD - someone else should though

You could type it in, like we all used to do with games in a magazine ;)

[Uranium]

Cheers chaps :)

[Gwil Da Skank Of TA]

Installing Linux without a CD......sounds..errr......interesting if nothing else! :)

Yeah the linux filesystem is totally away from FAT16 / 32 ( thankfully! ) but Linux does have to ability to read and write to your windows drive / partition :)

There is also another filesystem available called ReiserFS :) Not many people use this so stick with Linux Native to be sure :)

:E

[Godin]

/me sits and drools over ReiserFS

thats gonna be lurvely when its finished :) jeeest think, no more need for disk checks on post crash reboots :)