i want to try linux but is it free and were do u download it
2006-10-27 17:55:43 · 9 answers · asked by nick 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
if u install it can u also use windows on the same computer
2006-10-27 18:26:04 · update #1
In my knowledge, you can not install windows once you install linux. Because windows will always take the first partition and will create a boo loader which will not show any linux option. So if you install linux and then install windows, you can only use windows and not linux.
But if you install windows first, you can anytime, install llinux on your system, by creating a different partition. Linux ask for partition at the installation. You can tweak those settings as per your choice. Also linux will understand you already have windows installed. So after installing linux, at the boot time, it will ask whether you want to go to linux or windows. These systems are claeed dual bootable, as you can boot to different OS. If you want to switch OS, you must reboot the PC and choose other OS.
Nowdays there are also solutions with which you can switch the OS without booting it. This is called virtualisation. On the same system at same time you can work on windows and linux. Give it a try.
2006-10-27 20:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by manoj Ransing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but which flavor of linux? There are hundreds of choices. If you just want to try it without actually wiping a machine clean and installing it, search for a linux distibution (distro in the vernacular) called Knoppix. It is a bootable CD that runs entirely in memory, without messing up your existing Windows installation.
2006-10-27 18:02:29 · answer #2 · answered by acaplinger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can download all distributions of linux free. The problem is choosing which one is good for you. My suggestion is to go to the following website and take their test/questionaire. http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php?firsttime=true
This will help you choose a suitable distribution and as well give you links at the end to download and view the distributions' websites.
2006-10-27 18:06:49 · answer #3 · answered by N_lien 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are several "distributions" of Linux that are free. RedHat Linux is a popular one that is available at redhat.com (fedora is the free one). Other distributions include but are not limited to: Mandrake, Debian and Slackware.
2006-10-27 17:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by bill91173 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes linux is free to download
2006-10-27 17:59:01 · answer #5 · answered by babe19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Microsoft bought all 800 Distros, last week!
Didn't you hear? (Just joking! Oracle is buying up Red Hat; Novell has Suse, Mandriva, Conectiva, Ximian!)
They missed this one, it is what they run on their 45,000 Hotmail.com, MSN.com, and Microsoft.com servers...
http://pclinuxos.com includes 5500 games, applications...
My Third grade class takes it home to install on the family computers. It runs upto 50X faster, now, than Windos ever did.
Also, it lets you multi-boot as many OSes as there are alpha letters left in your computer... Directions on the website!
Also, easy instructions on the desktop...
Daddy is glad, he says I are smart, and he can spend that money we were saving to 'upgrade' on more beer...
2006-10-27 18:05:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My current favorite distro is CentOS, and it's free. You can download it at the URL below.
2006-10-27 18:01:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
straight forward, YOU CANT. abode windows would seem suckish, in spite of the indisputable fact that it really is nicely perfect. and it isn't sensible to placed lunux on a abode windows compuer. also, you cant get it decrease back such as your archives really undemanding
2016-12-05 07:38:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can download it i think its linux.org?
2006-10-27 17:57:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋