Appeal for help

Dear Linux People,

I am considering switching to Linux and as I live in Beijing, this list
seems an obvious place to start (I was alerted to your existence by the ad
in 'That's Beijing' magazine).

To begin with, does anyone know a supplier of cheap, legal, English-language
Linux in BJ? I don't have a CD-writer & therefore downloads are useless.
I realize that this is a very basic question, but I need to begin somewhere!
Please accept my apologies if you have just covered this ground in your
'Install Fest', but I only accessed the website today.

A second and rather optimistic request: would you be willing to help me set
up a Linux installation in English? If so, read below* for more details.

Many thanks for your help,

Matt Forrester

*Last year, I bought a Chinese desktop PC. I asked the company to install
TurboLinux, but they installed illegal Windows XP. I am looking for someone
who knows Linux to help me move to an easy version of Linux, and the other
software I need to use: basically OpenOffice, Netscape and some multimedia
players. I have more than ten years' experience of DOS/Windows systems (and
a little Unix at my last university), but my last attempt to install Corel
Linux failed. I can't afford to pay commercial prices for this (I'm a
university teacher), but I would be happy to take you to a hotpot/minority
restaurant afterwards...


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