On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 09:34:32 +0000, Chi Chi wrote:

since when is linux free? I have tried downloading the free linux out
there but never have been successful the download always fails for some
reason

chi chi,

start reading here, it's been a personal flavourite for about 8 years now

http://www.slackware.com

and if you can't it get from one of the mirrors listed on this page

http://dev.slackware.it/getslack/mirrors.php

then to paraphrase HAL, this kind of problem has always been the result of
human error