complete linux novice

Alex_L

Alex_L

Alex_L

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I've just bought a thinkpad laptop, and I've always fancied having a go at linux just for interests sake, and I hear thinkpads are well supported linux wise.

I was wondering if there are any good idiots guides to linux, and how to choose which flavour to install?


thanks for any advice
 
thanks. Looks like i'll download ubuntu then and have a go with that. Whats the difference between the dvd and cd releases you can download? as the cd seems to be only 700megs, and the dvd 2.8gigs, yet i can't see more than one cd image to be downloaded
 
i've downloaded the live dvd version for i386. Do I simply restart with the DVD in the drive and it will give me the option to try the live version? Is the live version pretty safe, in that its not likely to leave me needing to restore the system to factory defaults.


If i decide to them install it, from what I understand linux uses a different file system, so i'll need to partition my hard drive for installing ubuntu. Can i do this when I boot from the DVD or do i need to do it in windows first of all? Is there a good guide to installing it so that it dual boots with windows?


thanks again for the help
 
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