Linux giving OS's for free!

That's great! But you have to pay for the transportation, right? Anyway... What do you think is the best one? Which one should I get for entering the world of Linux, and which is the most advanced one? Thanks for any comments :D

Here we go again. I had puppy linux on my kaptop, if you laugh, there are going to be trouble. But, for the life of me, i could not work with that thing. So, i went back to windows. I just cannot understand linux, at all. TATA.

They have been doing this for a long time. The idea is to make such distributions as Ubuntu available to all even if they have a slow or limited internet connection. I have always simply downloaded the ISO, which is not a large files (Circa 690 Mb) and is easy to store and burn to a CD. Canonical, who produce Ubuntu and it's variations offer a new release every 6 months, so it is a little impractical waiting for a CD to arrive. The next release (Lucid Lynx) is due out at the end of April, so I shall be downloading it on the very first day. Nevertheless, I have to agree that it is a remarkably generous thing for these companies to do and is no doubt very useful to many people.

Not only for free, they also allow to pass the DVd's to friends and relatives.. That's the power of open source software.. But it's some how difficult to operate on open source operating systems.. anyhow i'm using Mozilla now to type this.. Hats off to open source softwares..

very nice too hear it..because before this i'm only download any Lunux OS that i'm interested.

yeah it free ... But the time ship is within 4-8 or ++ week but i like it ^^, sometimes i wonder the guideBook For linux is Free too ... LOL

Yes you can have your ubuntu copy in many ways!!surely the real value from all these kind of systems is that you can have it for free...so you can start without many fees or faults as well!!i use the ubuntu distribution now too and it seemed to me really ok even fro daily operations!!

That's really so cool. I've heard of this before, and I think this is a great promotional/distribution process to get the word out or something. I've used Linux once and it is quite cool..the system is very much different from other OS. But that was a long time ago..

~ hi! well, i think it is really wonderful and maybe I will try it too, because I am really interested in LINUX OS's and even have installed one on my older PC!~

i love the ubuntu netbook release

Hey, good to see someone else that likes Ubuntu and it's different flavors! I have been using it for awhile off and on, but I haven't totally got the hang of it just yet. It's great that they will send the distros on CD and DVD to make it easier for people with a slow 'net connection. I've always downloaded whichever distro I want as well since that's easier for me. I currently use Ubuntu Netbook Remix on my Acer Aspire One and use Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktop computer I built. Linux is awesome. Now I just need to get the hang of Ubuntu... Have a good day! :)

The LiveCD's and LiveDVD's are usually good if you intend to promote or demo Linux to others like in a seminar. They look very official and rather attractive. And, if I may add, they make great souvenirs. Anyway, if you just need to install the latest version, downloading an ISO and burning the disc yourself is better because there are fewer updates to download after the initial install.