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pwhodges:
It's a test to determine whether you are worthy.  If you are worthy, you get a job in tech support, and get to sneer at other people with problems.

I'm not telling you how you pass and become worthy.

schimmy:
i'm not sure if it would change much at all, but you can install ubuntu via the internet using a different boot CD - if your CD drive isn't reliable, i guess that might work.
bear in mind, though, that if you're planning to install via a wireless network, as far as i can tell, it is impossible to use a network which uses WPA security - it has to be WEP or nothing.

bicostp:
In my opinion there are two good Linux distributions:

- CentOS (Red hat Enterprise without the branding or support)
- Parted Magic (an excellent emergency boot disc)

Most other Linux communities are full of Stallman Youth, who (like you posted in the OP) would much rather tell you about how evil Microsoft is, argue about which audio subsystem is best, or tell you to fix problems yourself because you "have the source" than actually progress the OS into something stable and not fragmented.

If you want to dabble with programming, use something like .NET Express or NetBeans on Windows. You might as well target more than 0.89% of the desktop market.


--- Quote from: schimmy on 25 Jan 2011, 16:34 --- it has to be WEP or nothing.

--- End quote ---

WEP is nothing.

snalin:
I'm actually taking classes in java, so dabbling is a bit beyond it. I've also found out that the actual info from Ubuntu itself is fairly good. I guess I believed the stereotype about having to find all your info in obscure forums with bad formating of their posts.

And you gotta give it to them, there's a certain charm and good-hearted ideology in a company that not only lets you download their stuff for free, but mails you a cd if you find that too hard to do.

celticgeek:
I'm using Ubuntu (10.4 LTS) myself, although I have used a fairly large number of distros in the past.  I have relatively modern equipment, so it installs pretty easily.  And I find that the Ubuntu information and forums are pretty reasonable. 

I figure that Ubuntu is what Linspire aspired to be, but never quite made it. 

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