I have XP pro sp2....no disk...no support (yes i admit it! - A 'friend' gave it to me and it's um cough illegal cough cough)- i no longer want to use it. It's been bugging my conscience ever since i installed it half a year ago - I was so tired of the buggy WIN98........No excuses! I'm correcting my error in judgment now.
The point is now i want to get rid of it and get to know my computer and how it really functions. I've been searching this forum and it seems that Linux is a good OS to use and be involved with with lots of online support and Noob help. (and it's er um..cough legal;cough cough... ya that's it...)
I want to install Linux but don't know at all how to begin. I don't where to begin. But i do know i want this ; tech forums has many opinions of which is best. But since i don't know much about much, i don't have any bad programming habits (any for that matter; but willing to learn it) then i'm thinking of using Ubuntu or Kbuntu...Gentoo and Fedora RH got some good coodoes in the Linux Recommend thread.
Question: Can i use Linux for all of my computing.
Desktop
Word processor
Video (viewing/editing)
Audio (can i still use iTunes?)
IM and Video conferencing
Email (will i still have access to my INBOX account?)
Photoshop 7
I tried earlier to download Ubuntu (700MB - successful! - to desktop) and attempted to unpack it/unzip it (winRAR) to my secondary drive, but the process stopped on its own and it did not unzip totally to my 'D:\"
Can someone please take an ULTRA NOOB with limited skills under his wing and walk me through this?
I have no way to reformatt my NTFS 40GB hdd or to partiton it. What's my very first step to get Xp pro (hacked) off my system and then install Linux...Is this possible.
Thanks in advance; My computer is listed below. Is this enough information to begin the switch?
I have a 40GB primary HDD
WDC WD400BB-75DEA0 [Hard drive] (40.00 GB), rev 05.03E05, SMART Status: Healthy
and a 1GB Secondary HDD
M1614TA [Hard drive] (1.09 GB), rev 8D-43-45, Not SMART
OS:Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) - :embarrassed:
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-8SIMLH 1.x
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 11/19/2003
Chip:2.67 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
RAM:512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Display Adaptor:NVIDIA GeForce 6200 [Display adapter]
Monitor: DELL E196FP - 19.1"
Internet: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Telus Security bundle Realtime AV protection OFF
Avast! Secruity program Realtime AV protection ON
The point is now i want to get rid of it and get to know my computer and how it really functions. I've been searching this forum and it seems that Linux is a good OS to use and be involved with with lots of online support and Noob help. (and it's er um..cough legal;cough cough... ya that's it...)
I want to install Linux but don't know at all how to begin. I don't where to begin. But i do know i want this ; tech forums has many opinions of which is best. But since i don't know much about much, i don't have any bad programming habits (any for that matter; but willing to learn it) then i'm thinking of using Ubuntu or Kbuntu...Gentoo and Fedora RH got some good coodoes in the Linux Recommend thread.
Question: Can i use Linux for all of my computing.
Desktop
Word processor
Video (viewing/editing)
Audio (can i still use iTunes?)
IM and Video conferencing
Email (will i still have access to my INBOX account?)
Photoshop 7
I tried earlier to download Ubuntu (700MB - successful! - to desktop) and attempted to unpack it/unzip it (winRAR) to my secondary drive, but the process stopped on its own and it did not unzip totally to my 'D:\"
Can someone please take an ULTRA NOOB with limited skills under his wing and walk me through this?
I have no way to reformatt my NTFS 40GB hdd or to partiton it. What's my very first step to get Xp pro (hacked) off my system and then install Linux...Is this possible.
Thanks in advance; My computer is listed below. Is this enough information to begin the switch?
I have a 40GB primary HDD
WDC WD400BB-75DEA0 [Hard drive] (40.00 GB), rev 05.03E05, SMART Status: Healthy
and a 1GB Secondary HDD
M1614TA [Hard drive] (1.09 GB), rev 8D-43-45, Not SMART
OS:Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) - :embarrassed:
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-8SIMLH 1.x
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG 11/19/2003
Chip:2.67 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
RAM:512 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Display Adaptor:NVIDIA GeForce 6200 [Display adapter]
Monitor: DELL E196FP - 19.1"
Internet: Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Telus Security bundle Realtime AV protection OFF
Avast! Secruity program Realtime AV protection ON