# Linux

**URL:** <https://community.unix.com/t/linux/139028>\
**Category:** UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers\
**Created:** [July 21, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/linux/139028 "2001-07-21T08:11:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pops](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/pops/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@pops](https://community.unix.com/u/pops)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/linux/139028/1 "2001-07-21T08:11:55Z")

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im a new user to this forum, and i intend to learn about internet security...so this meant that i neede to get hold of a unix based OS and learn some programming starting with C then C++.  
ive read the whole forum and stil havent found a place where i could download a later version of linux for a stand-alone, i am not considering buying as im not comfortable giving details over the internet, and i couldnt get much help from software shops, who say linux is crap.....

thankyou in advance

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**Author:** ![Andy\_Hibbins](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/andy_hibbins/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@Andy\_Hibbins](https://community.unix.com/u/Andy_Hibbins)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 9:21am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/linux/139028/2 "2001-07-21T09:21:51Z")

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Hi pops,

You can get linux iso images from [http://www.linuxiso.org/](http://www.linuxiso.org/)  
Once you've downloaded the images you'll need to burn them to a cd-r.

A good website for newbies is : [http://www.linuxnewbie.org/](http://www.linuxnewbie.org/)

Andy 🙂

PS Linux is not crap, the sales people from the shop you went to probably don't know the first thing about Linux.

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**Author:** ![pops](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/pops/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@pops](https://community.unix.com/u/pops)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/linux/139028/3 "2001-07-21T20:01:48Z")

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🙂 cheers, it is a gud site  
i think i need to consider getting hold of a cd with a 56k modem  
...yeh ok stop laughing..this is the newbie section

thanx for the help