good OS

Probably Ubuntu or i found Suse linux to be nice to use when i first tried linux :)
 
Before jumping on any distro you may want to get familiar with the Linux basics and see how involved it is. One site offers free 30 day online courses. http://www.schabell.com/linux-courses/ There are a large variety of opinions on which distro is actually the best or easiest to go with. Some look at Darnsmall or Puppy. Others point at PC Linux. Running a live for cd distro to get familiar with any one version is usually the best route to take before deciding on an actual installation to a drive.
 
a disrto, short for "Distribution" there are several different distributions of linux. Each one is its own OS, for example Ubuntu, SuSe, Debian, RedHat are all different distributions of linux...

For a beginner, i would recommend ubuntu, try using just the liveCD features before installing it to see if you like it

dragon
 
Nevakonaza said:
yeah or use Virtual pc and run the Iso image from there within windows as a virtual machine.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx

Just saves you burning it to disk and everything :)
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The concept is certainly good for the more advanced user. Having a live distro on cd has other benefits however like rescuing files from a drive or partition when you loose access to it. With a little practice you can bail out of a bad situation and in a sense save the day working live rather then virtual when a Windows installation meets? :confused:
 
Virtual PC 2007 is also free from Microsoft. The only thing you need is a cd or dvd bunrer and some blank disks. A program seeing good results for actually burning live distros or the Linux drive partitioning tool known as GParted is called BurnOn found at http://www.burnworld.com/burnoncddvd/

Besides simply downloading any distro in iso disk image format and even trying to run it live on disk or on a virtual machine review the information seen in the online courses at the link posted earlier. That will give you some familiarity with the main differences between Linux and other OSs like Windows. Linux is still based on the old UNIX platform despite seeing some things made easier in newer releases of various distros.
 
The only time you would pay for any Linux distro is when ordering a complete distro already on disk. There you simply pay for the disk and shipping only. That covers the basic costs for those two items since the OS is still a free open source type of OS. Windows on the other hand has seen price increases with each new version out. The max seen on 98SE was $200 with Vista Ultimate seeing $400 retail. That's twice the price there alone. Inflation? har!
 
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