Welcome
the GNU and the Finnish student..now a huge free worldwide industry.
Linux/Open Source
Places to go:
These are well worth looking at...
OSNews new and reviews of OS's from everywhere...
Sourceforge the fount of many OpenSource projects
Slashdot a free for all partly moderated site that discusses everything where there is a severe OpenSource bias!
Ubuntu - the Debian based distro that is sweeping the world!! I am now using it for everything!! - It may well induce XP owners to consider a move from the 'dark side' i.e. not Vista!
Debian My favourite has changed to Ubuntu but this is the root distro for servers and learning - we install it and it just goes and goes etc..
Slackware is one of the oldest distros around: I started with the 0.99 release on a 386sx machine years ago, and the ZipSlack version still runs on old hardware.
Linux Format; a UK magazine with a wealth of software on DVD/CDs every month. Good reviews and great tutorials on stuff.
more soon..
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