Well, my previous posting about Linux has got off to a GREAT start. I spent half an hour waiting for the 3.6Gb DVD image to download. Then I tried to write it to disk, and got “Power Calibration error”. Turns out the DVD was duff, apparently as another one worked fine.

And, as I went to look at the name of the disk image itself, it turns out I’d downloaded the AMD64 version instead of the 32 bit version. Sigh.

So, I’m having to start from scratch, and I’ve wasted a blank DVD.

Therefore, if anyone is reading this, you’re from the UK, and would like this DVD free of charge mail me your address and I’ll pop it in the post. Seems a bit of a shame to bin it.

Too late. Clearly everyone thought I am a psychopath, or was going to turn up to their doorstep and nick their milk, or something. The DVD will shortly find a new use.

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