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Posted: Jan. 23 2005,17:55 QUOTE
do u need to have windows to run dsl and if so is there a linux product that doesnt need it
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Posted: Jan. 23 2005,18:25 QUOTE
7 people came and can someone plez plez plez plez answer this one little question
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Posted: Jan. 23 2005,19:42 QUOTE
No.

You don't need Windows for anything...ever.  It's possible to run one within the other, but in my opinion that's just a waste of precious resources.  Windows is not your computer.  Windows is an operating system; Linux is an operating system.  

You can have both installed on the same machine, and choose which one to use when you start up the computer.  You could have a windows-only machine, and run DSL as a liveCD...boot the machine wiht the CD in the drive, or if you can't boot to CD you could use the floppy boot + CD.  You could also avoid Windows completely and have a Linux-only computer (my favorite).

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Posted: Jan. 24 2005,01:04 QUOTE
mikshaw hit the nail on the head....you don't need Windows. I am currently running a Knoppix 3.4 live-CD on my Linux Fedora Core 2 box to post this.
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Posted: Jan. 24 2005,03:16 QUOTE
but also the computer i have only has 32mb of RAM and i need help starting from the being on where to get linux and get it to my hard drive...if anyone can walk me through that i would appeciate it very much so...
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