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Im on a gig budget with this internet. So I just want to have a look at the linux before i get serious.But all the linux I can find are what seem to be internet-os. The machines i want to put linux on will never access the web. Ever. I have a few interests in a few different things is all. I need one that is very simmilar to windows.I guess that couldve helped to have been mentioned earlier though :) I have to be able to locate my hd with ease and add or delete files hassle free.It needs to read and write cd roms too. [Modified by: thenoob on January 12, 2009 04:16 PM] [Modified by: thenoob on January 12, 2009 04:20 PM]

Some of the distributions also have discs with many applications on them. These are suitable for installing on computers without internet access. These can include Fedora 10 or Scientific Linux (6 CDs or 1 DVD) which is based on a RedHat/CentOS code base. Most of the distributions that have a Live CD/DVD will have many applications on the CD/DVD, though obviously you will have more options with a DVD. If you are interested in Scientific Linux, you can access it from the Argonne National Lab Linux Mirror site: http://mirror.anl.gov/ The mirror.anl.gov site has a lot of other Linux versions mirrored, such as Fedora, Suse, Ubuntu, YellowDog, and Gentoo. There is a lot of high-level brain power going into Scientific Linux with regard to stability, performance, and security. That is the software that runs most of the experiments at CERN, Fermi, Argonne, et al. I'm somewhat familiar with it because my wife (a particle physicist) helps maintain it at Fermi outside Chicago.

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