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Posted: July 01 2006,15:39 QUOTE
I have suse8.1 and windows2000 and I want to replace suse8.1 with 10.0. So I need to download soething like 5CDs. Now the only thing I have that can be online is DSL. Can I just download the files to the desktop or something and then burn them? Or must I install DSL to the hard drive? Like, where would it put the data I download otherwise? Anyway if I must install to the hard drive, will that destroy my suse and windows?
Please bare in mind that I do not know about computers and so cannot understand the special language you might otherwise reply with!
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Posted: July 01 2006,16:21 QUOTE
you can mount your hd and download to there. just put the path to it in firefox download(example: /mnt/hda(?)/(folder)). you should try ubuntu it's only 1 cd and way better and easier than suse.
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Posted: July 01 2006,23:48 QUOTE
Thanks for the advise Kerry
What makes Ubuntu better? Plus, is a big difference in which OS, what software I can get for them? I want one which has good choices of programmes I can put on it. Would suse and Ubuntu be the same in that respect?
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Posted: July 02 2006,01:00 QUOTE
There both pretty close. ubuntu is debian based so you got access to thousands of packages. and using synaptic to look at and install the packages is a no brainer. plus since it's only 1 cd i thought you might want to give it a try. they have a live cd/installer so you can try it first.-> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=03482#0

you can also have the cd sent to you for free i just got my 10 yesterday. i always keep 1 and pass the rest out to friends and family. i like the Xubuntu(xfce4) desktop eviroment.
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Posted: July 03 2006,08:27 QUOTE
Hi Woodlandjustin!

I have used SuSE 10.1 for a while and it works very fine on my 5+ years old laptop. Everything works from scratch. So I would give my vote for SuSE.

Have fun,
meo

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