From: "Jay" <Jpat...@virtualisys.com> Subject: Linux info please Date: 1997/12/15 Message-ID: <6731m4$l06$1@fep4.clear.net.nz>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 298324790 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Organization: CLEAR Net, http://www.clear.net.nz/ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc 1st time to the group have not seen a FAQ sorry. I want to get/install a copy of linux that I can use on my Win95 machine, enabling me to learn Unix navigation. I downloaded a copy of what I thought to be a copy of Linux, it is linux-lp 44 ? What is this please and how do I go about installing it when I do get it. Thanks in advance. Jay -- ICQ Number: 6117918 CASHP No. 34-97 Gravity sucks ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
From: James Youngman <JYou...@vggas.com> Subject: Re: Linux info please Date: 1997/12/15 Message-ID: <wkg1nuy7ia.fsf@vggas.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 298391920 Sender: james@XENON References: <6731m4$l06$1@fep4.clear.net.nz> To: "Jay" <Jpat...@virtualisys.com> Organization: VG Gas Analysis Systems Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc >>>>> "Jay" == Jay <Jpat...@virtualisys.com> writes: Jay> 1st time to the group have not seen a FAQ sorry. Jay> I want to get/install a copy of linux that I can use on my Jay> Win95 machine, Sorry, but you can't do that. Linux is an operating system. It won't run "under" Windows 95; Windows 95 is not powerful enough to do that. You can install it on the *same machine*, but you can only run one or the other at any given time (you would need to reboot to switch). Jay> enabling me to learn Unix navigation. I I'm not sure what you want to do. Anyway, if you want to just learn something about Linux or Unix in general, see below. Jay> downloaded a copy of what I thought to be a copy of Linux, it Jay> is linux-lp 44 ? What is this please and how do I go about I have no idea what that file might be, sorry. Jay> installing it when I do get it. Thanks in advance. Jay You may want to start with http://www.linux.org/info/index.html.
From: "Brian" <brian_t...@rocketship.com> Subject: Re: Linux info please Date: 1997/12/15 Message-ID: <6744c7$7gp@van1s03.cyberion.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 298469493 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6731m4$l06$1@fep4.clear.net.nz> <wkg1nuy7ia.fsf@vggas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Organization: English Bay Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Hi Jay: I have a document called 'newuser.txt' that will walk you through the download and installation of a medium sized Slackware 3.4 (kernel v 2.0.30) but powerful Linux OS. The document is an unformatted DOS text file of about 10 kB compressed. Just drop it into your favorite word processor and format for printing - 15 pages with lots of whits space. Included in the recommended download is a 250 page book by Matt Welsh (noted & published Linux Guru) which will introduce you to the wonders of Linux/unix-like operating systems - ALL FOR FREE!!! The installation will fit on 100mB of hard disk space and you should be able to connect to your ISP for internet access and perhaps downloading even more free Linux applications like C/C++ compilers, Perl, awk, sed, X-windows, emacs (provided you have the space). Just e-mail me and ask (I won't send out unsolicited SPAM) and I will send 'newuser.txt' promptly - and it is free too. Regards, Brian. James Youngman wrote in message ... >>>>>> "Jay" == Jay <Jpat...@virtualisys.com> writes: > Jay> 1st time to the group have not seen a FAQ sorry. > Jay> I want to get/install a copy of linux that I can use on my > Jay> Win95 machine, >Sorry, but you can't do that. Linux is an operating system. It won't >run "under" Windows 95; Windows 95 is not powerful enough to do that. >You can install it on the *same machine*, but you can only run one or >the other at any given time (you would need to reboot to switch). > Jay> enabling me to learn Unix navigation. I >I'm not sure what you want to do. Anyway, if you want to just learn >something about Linux or Unix in general, see below. > Jay> downloaded a copy of what I thought to be a copy of Linux, it > Jay> is linux-lp 44 ? What is this please and how do I go about >I have no idea what that file might be, sorry. > Jay> installing it when I do get it. Thanks in advance. Jay >You may want to start with http://www.linux.org/info/index.html.