best free operateing system.

[marc512]

Need a good free operateing system to replace a beta version of W7. I have bought w7 but i want a change.

Also theres lots of stuff i want to keep on the pc. So is there anyway of installing another OS without deleting all the files/programs ?


i already have downloaded urbuntu because of good reviews. But i dont wanna install if it will delete all my non backed up files.

 

[marc512]

Iv put it on a USB stick and ran it from that.
Sadly im not loving it due to graphic driver issues. All else works appart from my 5770

anyone got any ideas? when i click activate it downloads drivers, i reboot and it doesnt install. It just comes up with a error after it extracts or something. Iv tried drivers 9.11 and 10.1 (current because its the only one that displays 1280x1024 but i want 1920x1080 or similar.)

I understand that my ati 5770 is abit new and all and drivers arnt perfect especially for ubuntu but is there away around it? make ubuntu run 3d effects anyway without latest drivers or 3dcard?