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Old 08-21-2001
You need a dedicated hard-drive (or a spare partition on an existing drive). Once you buy/download Linux, follow the install instructions which usually include booting from the CD or floppy disk...that will start the install process. Follow the on-screen prompts from there.
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Old 08-21-2001
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Originally posted by spaic
This mean that you have access to the source code and can make any changes you want and redistribuite it, but you can not sell the software.
You may have paid money to get copies of GNU software, or you may have obtained copies at no charge. But regardless of how you got your copies, you always have the freedom to copy and change the software, even to sell copies.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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