David Curry wrote:
Correction: should have read, "download and burn some "LiveCD distributions" . (Assumes you have a CD-R or CD-RW drive.)Matthew wrote:
You could probably install and tinker around with Fedora without any problems as long as your "old" machine consists of fairly mainstream components.Hi everybody.
I recently got a new computer and I’m going to use my old computer for trying out linux and generally experimenting on. Although I’m generally pretty handy and able to figure stuff out I have absolutely no programming or professional computer experience. Would fedora be way out of my league or are there other people out there that are just kind of tinkering around? (This is not a technical question - I’m sure my old computer could handle it – I’m not sure whether I can.) And if you think not – is there a good beginners’ basic linux?
Thanks in advance for any comments
Matt
An alternative you might consider is to download and install some "LiveCD" distributions that are readily available. Two that readily come to mind are Knoppix and MEPIS. These LiveCDs will boot your computer and contain all the software needed to gain a little familiarity with some of the applications available in the linux world before installing the OS on your harddisk.
If you choose to proceed with giving fedora a spin, besure to read the release notes before hand. If you opt to try out linux through the LiveCd approach, just Google for LiveCD linux distributions and follow some of the links to download points.
