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Old Jul8-05, 10:51 AM                  #1
Severfeelor

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Smile download Linux

Do you know where i can download fedora for free ? I downloaded a lot of unix-based free software and recorded them in a lot of cd's but finally i can't use any of them because my system says my software are 'cracks',not-yet-incompletely-downloaded ones.
I use windows and I don't know how to md5 check to test if what I have downloaded is operatable. Is there any other way around helping me deal with this anyway ?

I also think that linux, because it is a free software, should be more insecure than windows ? It is just like a browser that, if not updated on time, leaves a security hole for those who created or understand it well to get all of information on user's computer ????

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Old Jul8-05, 11:14 AM                  #2
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Linux is much more secure than windows. The only issue with linux is that most software companies do not make software for it; however, there are a large number of free alternatives for software, and there are programs that run some of the popular windows programs (wine, crossover office).

You can download fedora core from playboy.com: http://mirrors.playboy.com/
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Old Jul8-05, 11:28 AM       Last edited by Severfeelor; Jul8-05 at 11:35 AM..            #3
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Originally Posted by mattmns
Linux is much more secure than windows. The only issue with linux is that most software companies do not make software for it; however, there are a large number of free alternatives for software, and there are programs that run some of the popular windows programs (wine, crossover office).

You can download fedora core from playboy.com: http://mirrors.playboy.com/
Thank you for the link, but it doesn't work
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Old Jul8-05, 11:51 AM                  #4
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What browser are you using? It works fine on firefox for me.

Try some of the mirrors from this link: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html
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Old Jul8-05, 11:58 AM                  #5
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I use windows and I don't know how to md5 check to test if what I have downloaded is operatable. Is there any other way around helping me deal with this anyway ?
Read this .
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Old Jul10-05, 03:13 PM                  #6
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Thank you...
Take care of yourself.
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