want to give Linux a spin on my other PC

[Pitbull]

So pls help me

I have never touched Linux before and would like to learn more about it on a spare PC I have at home. How do I start, where do I get everything needed and so on?

All help will be greatly appreciated

 

[BrianB]

Download - http://www.ubuntu.com/
Support - http://ubuntuforums.org/

For the initial install just download the ISO from their site, burn and install with all the default options.

 

[wishblade]

I would actually recommend Mint (if you going the Ubuntu way) for a first time user. Its a little more "complete" for a first time user, and based on Ubuntu anyway, so the support forum mentioned above can still be used.

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

 

[ingeon]

If you have a little more bandwidth to spare I would suggest:

Ultimate Edition

 

[ponder]

I would actually recommend Mint (if you going the Ubuntu way) for a first time user.

+1

 

[Necuno]

ubuntu is a very decent distro.

 

[kingrob]

Pitbull, I would also go for Ubuntu 10.04 - you can get online storage, there's an online music store and a really cool app store on its way as well.

Just much more connected than any other Linux distro. I feel you'll miss Windows less and less with what Ubuntu has to offer.

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Actually, I would say try anything except Ubuntu first. The reason being is that the majority of new users migrate to Ubuntu within a year and stick with it for a long time (till they discover Arch).

You need to experiment with a couple of distros first as they all teach you how to be a better Linux user.

(Anyway, Ubuntu One is still a ****. Been one of there first users and they still cannot get close to DropBox. Its just a damn CouchDB instance - how hard is it to get it working !!!)

 

[AfricanTech]

+1 on Mint - all the pluses of Ubuntu in an easy to use package

 

[w1z4rd]

Actually, I would say try anything except Ubuntu first. The reason being is that the majority of new users migrate to Ubuntu within a year and stick with it for a long time (till they discover Arch).

You need to experiment with a couple of distros first as they all teach you how to be a better Linux user.

(Anyway, Ubuntu One is still a ****. Been one of there first users and they still cannot get close to DropBox. Its just a damn CouchDB instance - how hard is it to get it working !!!)

Love Ubuntu

1 Ubuntu 2196
2 Fedora 1455
3 Mint 1381
4 openSUSE 1231
5 PCLinuxOS 1004
6 Debian 1002
7 Mandriva 863
8 Sabayon 745
9 Lubuntu 736
10 Arch 729

 

[kingrob]

Love Ubuntu

1 Ubuntu 2196
2 Fedora 1455
3 Mint 1381
4 openSUSE 1231
5 PCLinuxOS 1004
6 Debian 1002
7 Mandriva 863
8 Sabayon 745
9 Lubuntu 736
10 Arch 729

Ah, Fedora has knocked off Mint from its number 2 spot. Interesting.

 

[Voicy]

Damn...

The last distro's of linux I used were Slackware and Red Hat 7.2 :/

I need to get with the program...

 

[fskmh]

Damn...

The last distro's of linux I used were Slackware and Red Hat 7.2 :/

I need to get with the program...

Fsck that, I'm still using Slackware. I don't give a flying handshake what distrowatch says.