FWIW, there will be copies of Yellow Dog available at the next Westside meeting. It's not the version that was just released, but I've got a webserver running it that's been happy enough for a couple months now. Steve BTW, next Westside is Thursday, Nov. 29th FWIW, there are a few copies of "e-Smith" Linux left, a bunch of "Turbolinux workstation" CDs, and I'm going to thin my collection of Redhat 7.1 copies. Jim wrote: > > Cheapest way to get a distro is to have a member burn you a copy. It might > only cost ya the price of a blank cd - sometimes even less than that. Lots > of cds get delivered at PLUG meetings and at the Stammtisch. > > On Saturday 27 October 2001 12:52, you wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Okay a couple of posts ago (the recycling thread) I mentioned I could > > get a Mac PPC for $25. I'm really tempted to get one. I sorta got > > the bored housewife syndrome and am looking for something to keep me > > busy, besides going out and molesting all the neigbors :o). Ok, > > back on track, would playing with LinuxPPC be worth my time, just for > > the sake of doing it and getting the experience? Or should I avoid it > > at all costs??? It's not like it's going to be a production system > > or anything, just a goof around box. Any comments would be > > appreciated. > > > > Oh btw, since I'm waaaay devoid of bandwidth out here, I remember > > before we all got Cox, DSL, Speedchoice there were many places to get > > cheap distros on CD. I tried Cheapbytes but they were gone! Anyone > > know the best place to pick up a cheapo CD of Mandrake 8.1 (ugh, I > > know but I kinda like it) and LinuxPPC? Or if anyone wants to help a > > girl out and burn me a couple copies off your broadband and mail 'em > > to me???? *^_^* > > > > Ok off I go to cause some trouble :o) > > > > **************************************************** > > Sonja Michelle L. Thomas > > Sonja@sdf.lonestar.org > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use > > > > iQA/AwUBO9sQgQPYqz/5eU/xEQI54wCfa5aWozOtpoYdazFBlBc8CECqCakAoJC2 > > PEJMrm0D3rl131yZIHC7/6hd > > =07Fq > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss