How do I get newest KDE/GNOME versions from a Windows download?

[sidewalking]

I am taking advantage of a T1 connection at work and borrowed an external burner. This is on Windows 2000, so I had no problem downloading ISO images for Slack, Gentoo, and Knoppix, but I want to also cover my bases on programs.

Here is my question. I want to get the most up-to-date GNOME and KDE to update my installs, but I need to download it on a Windows machine, burn to disc, and then transfer to the offline Linux box. How do I do this? The SLackware "dropline" looks like only a direct install onto Linux, so that wouldn't work. If I just captured the sources, such as here (http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.0/) will I be able to learn how to compile or copy those to the Linux box from a disc and update?

[sidewalking]

okay, so I went ahead and updated a lot of source files, and will throw them on a disc. I should have no problem reading a disc created in Windows in Slackware to copy source files to work with them there, will I?

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by sidewalking
okay, so I went ahead and updated a lot of source files, and will throw them on a disc. I should have no problem reading a disc created in Windows in Slackware to copy source files to work with them there, will I?

You shouldn't as long as you are using the standard iso9660 filesystem.