[Lancaster] Fwd: Linux Operating System

[Mark Williams]

Any suggestions (beyond "try Google") ? My response covered: what a distro is,
recommended (K)ubuntu (or SuSE), Live CDs, recommended h/w req., Automatix and
EasyUbuntu.

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Mark Williams

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Subject: Linux Operating System
Date: Wednesday 04 Oct 2006 16:28
From: Phil Critchley <PCritchley at Shap.Org.Uk>
To: F.A.O: Martyn Welch <lancaster at lug.org.uk>

Hello Martin

I am currently an undergraduate on an Information Systems course, at
Edgehill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire.   I have come across the
details of your Linux user group following web research.

I have found there are a vast number of websites that contain
information on Linux, but I am writing to you, to see if you can
recommend any particular websites that would beneficial for me to visit.
I am particularly interested in websites that would allow me to gain
information on;

* The history of Linux

* Linux as an operating system

* Comparisons between Linux and Windows

* Features and functionality of Linux

* Security of Linux

Also, please could you either return me a copy of the Linux operating
system ready for installation, or direct me to a website where I can
download a copy from.

Any help that you are able to give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Philip Critchley

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