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How the heck is a beginner supposed to transition from "the Darkside" into Enlightenment (forgive the pun) if s/he can't download, check, & burn a Linux disk?  Every time I read the almost condescending remark in Knoppix about not giving Microsoft® Windows burning instuctions, my blood starts to boil.  "They" say Linux is no place for such help. 

Here is a page to build a set of easy instuctions in those areas.

Download

If you are new to downloading, see Opera Download & Install to get an idea of how to do it.  Although specific to Opera, it is a good exercise, and you get a fine browser as a bonus.

Verify

Verification is done with md5sum.  That's what those  someprogram.iso.md5  files are for.

Much more could be written, but for the moment, here are links to 2 Microsoft® Windows programs —

http://www.md5summer.org/ http://winmd5sum.solidblue.biz/

In GNU/Linux, use md5sum.  (Try man md5sum or md5sum -cv.  )

Burn

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-- RickArchibald - 14 Oct 2004

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