I also want it to be free.
2006-12-12 14:20:22 · 3 answers · asked by jesusprogrammingman 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Download Ubuntu and burn it to CD; the latest version of Ubuntu is a "live" CD. this means you can run the entire operating system off the CD without writing anything to your disk. You can easily try it (it will be a little slow off CD) to see how it works. I have been using it for I while and I love not be worried about viruses and the my machine being slow to boot and shutdown.
2006-12-12 15:12:54 · answer #1 · answered by Joe J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that ubuntu linux would be a good first distro. Perhaps there are better ones out there, but this seems to be easier to set up than most.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
You might try OpenSuSE too.
http://en.opensuse.org/Download
2006-12-12 14:30:13 · answer #2 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as an aside,
if you want to monkey around with linux b4 sacrificing a hdd,
you try Knoppix? Mepis?
Those are 2 live bootable cds that i know of that won't touch your hdd.
I hear ubuntu is newbie friendly.
I use gentoo.
2006-12-12 14:36:47 · answer #3 · answered by fobroth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋