Tip 2: How to find a Linux CD-ROM at low cost
TheLinuxmarket started from a few distributions available onlyfromFTP servers, to ful feature
commercial distributions availablein stores and online includinga printed manual and phonesupport.
Here are the main choicesyou havewhen looking for aLinuxdistribution:
� You can downloadany Linux distributionfrom its FTPserver. To take a few examples,
RedHat can be downloaded from ftp:/ftp.redhat.com, Slackwarefromftp:/ftp.cdrom.comand
Debian from ftp:/ftp.debian.org. That methodis free, but requires youto have a fastInternet
connection.Downloading a ful Linux distribution overa 56Kbps modem wil take you quite a
few hours.
� An other way is to buy afuldistribution. RedHat, forexample, can bebought online forabout
$50. This wil include abox,a CD-ROM, a boot diskete, a manual and supportfrom RedHat.
� Thelastwayis to buy onlythe CD-ROM. There are afew places seling CD-ROMs of various
distributionsfor $2.Oneofthem is htp:/www.cheapbytes.com. You wil only get the
CD-ROM, but thisis alyou need toinstal Linux if you are comfortable with thefact that you
don't get a printed manual or freesupport. You can find themanualand otherdocumentation
ontheCD-ROM.
