CRAIGMEANIE Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Ive heard about it, but what does it actually do? Is it worth downloading? If so where from? Could someone please help me out, if you need computer specs or anything just ask, just mainly looking for where i can download it if it sounds decent enough :anxious: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaziek Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Linux is an operating system. It is not a single 'it' as there are many types of linux. Do you know how to install a new operating system? Create partitions? Dual boot? If not, dont bother with linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Installing something like ubuntu can be very easy, it's just point and click. The problems arise when something breaks and leaves your installation or whole machine useless (including the windows partition). An example being the last set of upgrades Ubuntu did on my laptop. I didn't notice it was upgrading the kernel and it decided to edit GRUB in the process, leaving the machine unbootable until I fixed it. Not something a newbie will deal well with. You can download the Ubuntu cd and just run it as a live cd without installing it if you just want to browse around and see what it's like. It'll be a bit a slower than actually installing it on your machine but it will give you a good idea how things work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Ive heard about it, but what does it actually do? Is it worth downloading? If so where from? Could someone please help me out, if you need computer specs or anything just ask, just mainly looking for where i can download it if it sounds decent enough :anxious: Its operating system, which is the software which you use 99% of the time. If you still dont understand look up operating system on wikipedia. Its definately worth downloading, but it might not be for you. Look into the different distro's that are out there. (More then likely you'll end up staying with Windows) You can download Linux from tons of sites. Heres Wikipedia's list of distro's. Its best if you choose one and then look at it homepage. The specs needed will be stated on the distro's homepage. Hope I helped. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runesmithie Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 You should start off with Ubuntu if you do anything at all, since it is by far one of the easiest to use distros. I just posted something! ^_^ to the terrorist...er... kirbybeam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman6510 Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 Try Ubuntu or Puppy Linux at first, using a Live CD distro. Retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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