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<A NAME=726> </A>
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<A NAME=727> </A>
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If you don't have Internet or BBS access, many Linux distributions are
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available via mail order on diskette,
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tape, or CD-ROM. Appendix <A HREF="node234.html#appvendornum">B</A> lists a number of these
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distributors. Many of them accept credit cards as well as international
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orders, so if you're not in the United States or Canada you still should be
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able to obtain Linux in this way.
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Linux is free software, although distributors are allowed by the GPL to
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charge a fee for it. Therefore, ordering Linux via mail order might
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cost you between US$30 and US$150, depending on the distribution.
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However, if you know someone who has already purchased or downloaded a
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release of Linux, you are free to borrow or copy their software
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for your own use. Linux distributors are not allowed to restrict the
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license or redistribution of the software in any way. If you are thinking
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about installing an entire lab of machines with Linux, for
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example, you only need to purchase a single copy of one of the distributions,
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which can be used to install all of the machines.
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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