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104261	2002-12-08 10:08:00	I am thinking of dwnlding Suse 8 and installing it on my 2nd PC (running 95 - a 808 MB hard drive 480 used) as I think it is an FTP installation only and the 2nd isn't an internet capable as yet is there a way of easily transfering (networking perhaps)the 2 machines and getting Suse onto the 2nd? also is there enough room if I partition so I can run 95 and Linux on this 2nd machine? thanks?	artpepper (1321)
104262	2002-12-08 10:45:00	what is your connection speed... ( and where have you found SuSe to Download from? I WANT IT) i would recomend downloading or obtaining the disks and installing from them.. there is a huge amount of utilities built into SuSE hence why SuSE8 which i run is 7 disks! I think if you poke around you will find that network inatallations are considered a waiste of time unless you have good network speed... so forget about the internet unless you have one allmighty fast connection!	Clueless (181)
104263	2002-12-08 10:48:00	o yes.... SuSE8 is not the distribution for you.. its resonably slick and :( demanding on all resourses including HDD space Theres a few light ones you can d/load off orcon... .Clueless	Clueless (181)
104264	2002-12-08 11:51:00	clueless it is available for free dwnld at www.suse.com or one can buy it in CDsets if you dislike long dwnloads... have a look at this in PC World www.pcworld.co.nz what parts do you recoomend I use then which wd give me a good idea of the system?	artpepper (1321)
104265	2002-12-08 22:36:00	> what is your connection speed . . . ( and where have you > found SuSe to Download from? I WANT IT) > I thought you're the one who already had it?! Gotot google . co . nz and put in Download Suse (or even Download Suse ISO is your really game :D) > i would recomend downloading or obtaining the disks > and installing from them . . there is a huge amount of > utilities built into SuSE hence why SuSE8 which i run > is 7 disks! > 7 Disc's is a heck of a lot of utilities . I thought Suse was a more business user styled distro? > I think if you poke around you will find that network > inatallations are considered a waiste of time unless > you have good network speed . . . so forget about the > internet unless you have one allmighty fast > connection! I thought that a 10/100mbps connection would do fine, I've seen it done before! I'm about to try out Lycoris Desktop/LX linux, looks neato, that's my challenge for the night . Cheers Chilling_Silence	Chilling_Silence (9)
104266	2002-12-08 23:21:00	If you post your location, there'll be someone who is close to you with some Linux CDs that I'm sure you'll be able to get a copy of. You might even have a local Linux users' group (check out http://www.wlug.org.nz/ for the Waikato group) and someone there will be happy to help you out. It's much easier installing from CD than across the Internet, especially if you're on a dial up modem or if you pay per megabyte!	Plug (2722)
104267	2002-12-09 02:22:00	I think you'll find that Red Hat and Mandrake are more friendly. Youcan get CDs for these cheaply (probably also SuSe) from www.xsolutions.co.nz or www.copyleft.co.nz . People often have these at trademe.co.nz , too.	Graham L (2)
104268	2002-12-09 03:22:00	I got mandrake 9 from trademe for only $10 + P&P ($2.50) so it's prolly worth that. I'd suggest RedHat8, which NZ_Liam has for sale on his Linux site!	Chilling_Silence (9)
104269	2002-12-09 05:27:00	Chill.. i have SuSE8 i wouldn't mind SuSe8.1 .Clueless	Clueless (181)
104270	2002-12-09 05:38:00	Hey Chill! >7 Disc's is a heck of a lot of utilities. I thought Suse was a more business user styled distro? well yes.. it has a few games, but has everything that i could think of ranging from video editing through to webbrowsing and mail servers...... ask me in CF1 sometime and i'll let you know in greater detail! Artpepper.. I can download SuSE8.1 without causing to much hassle because i am on cable, and a CD's worth of data from a fast server will take me about 12 hours, so i should be able to get it in a week of "overnight" downloads. I absolutly do not recomend even trying with a dial up connection assuming that is what you have! .Clueless	Clueless (181)
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