Installing Linux

[hw24]

I downloaded and then burned extracted from rar file.I dont know how to boot from this disc.I would like to try this as it the latest and supposed to be easy to use I need one of the experts here to walk me through this please

[Akasha]

Which distro of Linux you are trying to install hw24 ? Is it Ubuntu? Fedora? Mint? Or something else?
Give us some more details of the specs of your PC as well

[hw24]

http://www.howtogeek.com/208070/new-to- ... nt-better/ i AM USING WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE 300 gb mEMORY PENTIUM4 64 BIT

[Akasha]

Here is a tu on how to install Mint:

http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Linux-Mint

Let us know if that is useful to you hw24

[ChetanG]

One of the easiest ways to check out a Linux Distro on a windows OS machine is to download a VM, instal it and then install the Linux Distro in the VM.

I personally have close to 15 Linux client's and servers in my VM.

Good Luck and have fun.

[Batster]

Vmware as Chetang suggested ....some distros offer to run as a live cd..so no installing it, it will just run off of the cd but I am not sure if Mint is one of them....Ubuntu does, as does Zorin . (just don't accidentally click install)

I have had issues on certain brands of pc though....it was either toshiba or compaq that I couldn't install any linux except for puppy linux...

[MrNiitriiX]

Hi, hw24

you got me worried when you said you extracted from .rar ... I would recommend you go to the offical LinuxMint web site and download their .ISO:

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http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

1)On that page you will see a few option to download: Cinnamon, MATE, KDE and Xfce ... to put it simple, you have 4 different desktop layouts to chose from and it comes down to personal preferance. ( i like simple and fast and usually go for either MATE, Xfce or OpenBox)

2)download either the 32bit or 64bit version WITH the added codex (i can see which is better for your hardware)

3) when the .ISO file has downloaded you can make a linux live USB ... check out LinuxLive USB creator:

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http://www.linuxliveusb.com

insert USB, open LiLi, chose your USB stick, Chose your LinuxMInt .ISO...wait for it to do its thing.

the other option is to burn the ISO to DVD with IMGburn.

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http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

Insert DVD and chose BURN image to DIsk, then cose your linuxmint ISO ... wait for the process to complete

4) To install LinuxMinto or to run it Live you will need to insert the DVD/USB stick to your computer, turn it on and as soon as your turn it on keep hittng F12 on your keyboard when you get to the boot option, chose your DVD/USB stick and follow the onscreen instructions. (if this does not work, you can try entering the BIOS and choosing the DVD/USB as the primarry boot option. (enter BIOS with either F2, DEL, ENTER ... google "how to enter bios, MOTHERBOARD MODLE".

5) when booted from your DVD/USB, chose the option to enter LIVE (without install) and see if you like the linux version you have downloaded, if you do...on the desktop you will have the option to install it.

[Haggisman]

Vmware as Chetang suggested ....some distros offer to run as a live cd..so no installing it, it will just run off of the cd but I am not sure if Mint is one of them....Ubuntu does, as does Zorin . (just don't accidentally click install)

I have had issues on certain brands of pc though....it was either toshiba or compaq that I couldn't install any linux except for puppy linux...

Personally I favour Mint which will run as a distro as well. I used it for a couple of days running it from the DVD before installing it on a dual boot system and the bonus is that its fully supported to 2019.

[MrNiitriiX]

I'm running UBUNTU MATE 15.04 at the moment (for a few days now) and its nice and stable, runs quick, and comes with hardly any bloat. As it is an LTS version, it will also be supported to 2019 which is always good. I have to say i'm torn between it and an arch based distro ... i might even switch to Ubuntu Mate as my main, 1 more week of testing will tell.

I was having issues with other distro's when it came to installing with full disk encryption...not with Ubuntu Mate

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https://ubuntu-mate.org

[ChetanG]

I would have no problem running any of these beautiful disto's as my main OS.

• Arch2014 Dec 64-bit
  CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64
  Fedora WorkStation x86_64-21-5
  FedoraKDE 20.1 64-bit
  FreeBSD-10.1-RELEASE-amd64
  Kali 1.0.9 x86_64
  linuxmint-17-cinnamon-64bit
  OpenSUSE 64-bit 13.2
  slackware64-14.1

None of the Linux distro's have any bloat, Windows has bloat if you will.
I don't like Ubuntu because it is too much like windows, in that it takes control away from you.
It is hard for a new user running Ubuntu to figure out how to be a power user, and by the time you do, if you do, you could have had the best Linux distro instead.

-All the above distro's are running on my PC including two servers.
-I run one proxy server for other's, usually a gaming proxy.
-Kali is the one for wireless testing of system. Really very powerful and dangerous if you don't know what you are doing.
-OpenSUSE is the one I recommend for the casual user. I prefer KDE over Gnome.
-You can download the Oracle VM for free. It works well and easily. http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/v ... index.html
-If you run the VirtualBox you can setup as many Linux OS's as you want to test out. Works real nice.

Good Luck and have fun.