That's how i got started in Linux, my mom got me a boxed Set at a Computer store in Kansas city for a birthday present. it was a Red Hat distro i think it was like 5 or 6 all i know is it sure beat the hell out of Windows 98 SE !, so i would say that if you know for sure someone would like to try it, i would go with a boxed set vs a downloaded personal edition because the boxed set looks and feels more like somthing they would equate with the term "OS" as they know it.
(I.e Box+manual+CDrom = Real OS) even though the download is the same in terms of it being Linux the download is usually short certian comercial drivers and other things here and there that boxed sets already have included with them.
But that is just my thoughts on the matter, whatever you decide i hope it goe's well for you.
Scincerly
Russell Morton
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That's how i got started in Linux, my mom got me a boxed Set at a Computer store in Kansas city for a birthday present. it was a Red Hat distro i think it was like 5 or 6 all i know is it sure beat the hell out of Windows 98 SE !, so i would say that if you know for sure someone would like to try it, i would go with a boxed set vs a downloaded personal edition because the boxed set looks and feels more like somthing they would equate with the term "OS" as they know it. (I.e Box+manual+CDrom = Real OS) even though the download is the same in terms of it being Linux the download is usually short certian comercial drivers and other things here and there that boxed sets already have included with them. But that is just my thoughts on the matter, whatever you decide i hope it goe's well for you. Scincerly Russell Morton