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Default Which version of Linux can I get?
My Uncle in Virginia wants to install a Linux OS on his computer, which is a pretty old one by the way, so he can get the hang of Linux. Problem is, he only has an optical drive that reads cd-roms. He's missing some drivers for the Red Hat OS he already has, so what is the latest version he could download that can fit on a cd-r?
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not really familiar with REDhat linux but see if you can download it from the internets..
i use ubuntu personally and i got it for free.

i know there are ways to get linux running on a machine without it costing you anything.
hope this helps.

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
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not really familiar with REDhat linux but see if you can download it from the internets..
i use ubuntu personally and i got it for free.

i know there are ways to get linux running on a machine without it costing you anything.
hope this helps.

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
Thanks allot bro. Just needed a version that fit on a cd-rom. This just makes it lol (699 MB). Perfect.
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puppy linux can be installed on a small usb flash drive
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You can also request free CD's straight from Ubuntu although it CAN take quite a while. I requested a DVD once and it arrived within the month, so it wasn't too bad.

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As far as I know, most all distros will have DVD, CD, and Live options. So if you are looking for a single CD, damn small linux will surely fit. Otherwise, you can burn ~5 CDs for most anything.
*Edit, forgot you can actually install from a Live CD as well. I know this is the case for Fedora at least.

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Basically linux will fit on 1 CD. More advanced version (Debian, for instance), will take multiple disks, which you swap out at the prompts during installation.

And why doesn't your uncle just D/L and compile the drivers?
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cd-r holds 700MB I'm pretty sure, so that should hold a lot of different distros, i know arch was ~400mb
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not really familiar with REDhat linux but see if you can download it from the internets..
i use ubuntu personally and i got it for free.

i know there are ways to get linux running on a machine without it costing you anything.
hope this helps.

http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download
Red Hat = Fedora. (get it? )

If his computer can run Red Hat then it shouldn't have any trouble with an XFCE based distro. I don't think we need to go as far as DSL or Puppy Linux though. If he is just getting the hang of it I would recommend Xubuntu, since I doubt he would be able to install Arch.

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