Pete Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I am looking to install a preferably free, basic operating system on a spare computer. It would be used for music and photos, and surfing net. Any suggestions? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Any free form of Unix/Linux. IS Red Hat still on top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Here ya go: http://www.ubuntu.com/ A little more precise, and a little less intimidating: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop Edited May 18, 2015 by DrDareustein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 18, 2015 Author Share Posted May 18, 2015 perfect, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Any free form of Unix/Linux. IS Red Hat still on top? Red Hat is still around but they focus on Enterprise support and services. The distro forked several years ago into the corporate Red Hat and a home/consumer distro called Fedora. I am looking to install a preferably free, basic operating system on a spare computer. It would be used for music and photos, and surfing net. Any suggestions? Thank you perfect, thank you! Ubuntu will serve your purpose just fine. Let us know if you need any help or run into any problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Say... If you wanted to do something like this... Do you have to take windows off or format your machine. Can you do it from the windows operating system. What I am saying, what is the actual process to installing it and getting it up and running. I have never been outside Windows on a desktop (just this phone). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Say... If you wanted to do something like this... Do you have to take windows off or format your machine. Can you do it from the windows operating system. What I am saying, what is the actual process to installing it and getting it up and running. I have never been outside Windows on a desktop (just this phone). Ubuntu has a Windows based program that will repartition your hard drive and install Ubuntu in a dual boot environment: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi If you really want to try Linux or any other OS without affecting your current Windows system, install it as a Virtual Machine. Virtual Machines let you run any other OS from within Windows (or Mac OS or Linux). You can even install a Droid VM. The Guest OS shares resources with the Host https://www.virtualbox.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Doors, portholes, and skylights come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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