OT Linux again

I'll second that. Hve you tried the ROX-Desktop? Very nice, though the documentaion is a tad sparse on what to do with it!

Richard

Blimey, 3 days to download a CD image? I downloaded the DVD image in less than a day using bittorrent, and that was over my rural-spec ADSL, 2mbit max. I think they use cows to carry the packets.

Ubuntu's OK, I prefer gentoo but I couldn't get gentoo to install on my latest desktop-style box due to PCI weirdness, its sole purpose is to run vmware images anyhow so not much advantage in a tuned gentoo box under those circumstances.

If other machines are having problems accessing 't internet, try changing their MTU size to something like 1492 IIRC, can't remember how to do that under winblows.

I downloaded a DVD image at work the other day and it took around

The issue is just with NTL's login system when you change the OS the server tends to forget who you are, even though the connection is through a set top box which you would expect to have an ID of its. own anyhoo Unbuntu just connected straight away very nice and very encouraging with no necessity to relogin/register with the main server. I think the long d/l time was down to the FTP server at the univ mirror even with multiple connections it struggled to maintain 3000b/s compared to my usual rate 700Mb is a lot of download at that speed and only during normal usage maybe 6hrs a day Derek

I hate to tell you this after the event, but it would probably have been easier to simply buy one of the magazines with a DVD attached - January Linux Format had Ubuntu for example. JD

Yer I know! but none of our local newsagents had a single copy of a Linux mag I would have gone nutty and bought a subscription but being a (nearly) N00B I want to leaf through and find one that doesn't assume I've spent the last 52 years coding unix ( I used to get nosebleeds with over three lines of Basic ). If you have any suggestions for an entry level mag I would be very interested. Derek

I have found Linux Format to be the most useful - it has a mixture of stuff for people like you and me and for experts. I find my local newsagent only gets in a few copies, and they go quickly - but will put them aside for me if I ask. JD JD

My colleague often jokes that I ought to get a top shelf mag down and slip my Linux magazine inside the covers because it's less embarressing at the tills :-)

Dave.