The best way to get it is on CD.  The Slackware CD is only about $50.
     If you download from the internet, you must transfer about 26
     megabytes and then use a downloaded utility to make about 20 floppy
     disks before you can start the install.  When you consider your time,
     the CD is the better way to go.  If you decide to download, FTP to
     sunsite.unc.edu and look in \pub\Linux or \pub\unix\Linux.  There are
     text files to explain how to get started.
 
     Another option is the book "Linux Unleashed" from Sams publishing.  It
     includes the Slackware CD and a good introductory text for $50.
 
     You should try to get kernel release 1.2.13.  Note that the CDs have
     their own release numbers that are different from the kernels.  For
     example, something labeled "slackware 2.2.1" is something like kernel
     1.2.4 bundled with many important non-kernel programs.  In my
     experience, the kernel version is more important that the versions of
     the other stuff on the CD.
 
     --George
 
     George Reimonn, [log in to unmask]
     Director, Information Systems, Providence Medford Medical Center
 
 
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Subject: LINUX HOW TO DOWNLOAD A FREE VERSION FOR PC
Author:  [log in to unmask] at Internet-Gateway
Date:    9/19/95 3:46 PM
 
 
Can anyone tell me how to load down a free version LINUX for the PC.
 
TIA
 
Dave Jennings