[NBLUG/talk] nblug newbie here, distro+applic. query...

[augie]

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sms at sonic.net wrote:
> Hi, all... did a quick scan of the past couple months' archives,
> found 1 "which distro?" thread which didn't answer my questions. Saw
> no obvious answers via nblug's "links" & "documents" pages.

Welcome! :)

> I'm planning on getting XP Pro & multibooting that
> (for the few Windows apps I can't replace)

What apps are those? Maybe we can help.

> Can anyone point me at a app/distro dependency page?

Most distro.'s should have some kind of page like this:

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/9.2/features/

which tells you which apps you get 'out of the box'.

> Can anyone tell me how I could get a pre-burned CD with Sarge
> (& GRUB, I hope)?

Ask someone on this list to bring them to the next meeting, and then
come to the next meeting; probably with a couple bucks to offset the
cost of this generous person giving you these discs.


augie.


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