2007-01-31 10:26:05 · 5 answers · asked by jimmideon49 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Linux is free if you can download it over internet. Fefora for example
takes up whole DVD. It may take the whole day to get it. If you want to avoid that you can order a cd. Linux on it is free but you pay for the labor to create it and shipping. The easiest way to install linux these days is to use -win32 linux installer-google it. Ubuntu and Debian has one. What it means that you start the process on Windows, download lets Ubuntu win32 installer and run it as normal programm. Then just follow the steps. If you are newbe do not attempt to install linux yourself unless you understand and know what you are doing.
2007-01-31 10:39:09 · answer #1 · answered by blazkiar 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Linux is a Free Operating system. There are many types of Linux and is so customizable. Before you start make sure you have poweriso (you can download this at http://www.torrentspy.com with bittorrent).
You can got to http://www.distrowatch.com to check out the different types of linux distros available out there. Some are free some are not.
Personally my favorite is Ubuntu. It is free and fits on one CD. Goto http://www.ubuntu.com and download the ISO CD image.
Note that is version of linux is free and fits on only one CD. There is also a forum for asking questions and tons of documentation.
A little backround...Ubuntu is a debian-linux-like distro so it uses the dpkg system and apt-get for getting software. Ubuntu is very easy to use.
Use poweriso to burn the image to a CD.
Then at startup pop the cd in the player and make sure it runs from the CD and not the hard drive. Boot from the Ubuntu CD into Linux on the CD. While in the Live CD goto system and goto administrator I believe. Go to disk partitioning utility or Gparted or what ever it is called. Now this is the tricky part. If you want full linux system make 3 partitions, a / (root) partition (6-10GB) (ext3 filesystem), a linux-swap (1 GB) (linux-swap filesystem), and a home partition (any size) (ext3 filesystem). If you want a dual-boot machine (linux and window) read this site
http://www.hezardastan.org/breezy_xp_dualboot/en/
2007-01-31 10:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by The Master 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No need to purchase Linux. Try www.ubuntu.com.
2007-01-31 10:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by mochung 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a redhat.
2007-02-01 05:13:05 · answer #4 · answered by Dubya whipped my BUTT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
2007-02-01 03:36:54 · answer #5 · answered by georgewallace78 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋