From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87F013F029 for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 09:25:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4GDPEV16931 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 16 May 2002 09:25:14 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4GDPEl16922 for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 09:25:14 -0400 Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4GDJ5M14614 for ; Thu, 16 May 2002 09:19:06 -0400 Received: from DAVIDPOEHLMAN (pcp01205073pcs.nrockv01.md.comcast.net [68.50.224.145]) by mtaout04.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.6 (built Apr 26 2002)) with SMTP id <0GW70030NH9WRG@mtaout04.icomcast.net> for blinux-list@redhat.com; Thu, 16 May 2002 09:25:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:25:05 -0400 From: David Poehlman Subject: images of linux cds available: To: blinux list Message-id: <003d01c1fcdd$17f9bfa0$91e03244@DAVIDPOEHLMAN> Organization: Hands-On Technolog(eye)s MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >>From The langa letter: 3) Linux, "Just Like Mom Used To Burn" Hi Fred, I came across this site the other day and did not find it mentioned doing a search of your site. http://www.linuxiso.org . This is what you might call 'Linux out the wazoo'. Here you will find the ISO's for 35 different flavors of Linux. Best regards, Tim Holy cow--- what a time saver! Thanks Tim! If you have a fast connection, you can go to this site and download--- for free--- a file containing a CD disk image of a standard Linux distribution: That's an exact copy of a complete, ready-to install Linux distribution, just as it ships on a CD. The site describes these copies this way: Think of it as the equivalent of a screen capture, but instead of capturing the information on a screen, this image captures all of the information on a particular Linux distribution's cdrom. When burned as a disk image, the .iso file is turned into a duplicate cd of the original cd. If you're not familiar with the shorthand jargon, ISO refers to the "International Organization for Standardization," and in this context is short for "ISO 9660," an international format standard for CD-ROM adopted by the ISO. An ISO 9660 (or "ISO" for short) CD should be readable on any standard CD drive. So, you download these files, and then burn them as a disk image (not just as a plain file) to a CD, and presto--- you have a duplicate of the setup CD for whichever Linux flavor you chose to download. This has got to be about the easiest way to experiment with many flavors of Linux. Very handy!