If you have a CDROM burner, 
http://www.linuxiso.org is your friend.  They
have most distributions there.  But I'd still suggest Gentoo.
        --jc
On Saturday 29 November 2003 23:49 pm, John Lawson wrote:
    Server software...
 For setting up a simple home server - very limited audience - weather
 station, webcam, PDP11 port(s) attached to [Big_Bad_World] via cable modem
 (someday DSL if they ever buld it out to the Sticks where I live)
 What version of Free BSD would Y'all recommend?  I found 5.1 on sale at
 Compusa - but it was a closeout and none were left ($49.95)
   If I download it from somewhere - I'd like to partition this laptop to
 get a feel for it. That brings up the Question of idiot-proof partitioning
 utilities - because if it can be broken - I'll break it first.
  Cheers and Best of the Season!
 John