http://www.ubuntu.com
they have plenty of mirrors.
also try http://dir.linuxforums.org for a more complete list of most distros.

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/iso/ loads fine for me, although if it for some reason still doesn't work, try here:
ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/opensuse/di...tion/10.3/iso/

>where else can i find this distribution and download it quickly?

Quickly, that isn't gonna happen. It's a dvd size. If downloading is a problem check out your local magasine shop. You can buy a cheap linux mag with a dvd of opensuse on it. Or send off for it. That's what I did.

You have decided to download a great distro!
I currently use Opensuse on one pc and Freespire on another. Both work with little resources.
Opensuse was a little longer install than Freespire, but I have had zero problems with the distro.

im satisfied with openSUSE, although i'm an absolute beginner. linux is great. i enjoy learning it

You won't be learning very much Linux if you use OpenSUSE, just to warn you...

Yeah I agree with Joe, you need to use Real Linux (tm).

what do you mean by that? i'm learning to do everything from the bash console program. i'm learning how to make scripts... now i'm really confused.
i have no choice but to use openSuSE because the open source appl. OpenFOAM that i'm using in my research was developed on OpenSuSe and it has no conflicts while running on it - so i was told.

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