Link to linux please

comp builder · 1 Nov 2007 at 17:16

hi i have looked around for ages and every link to a linux download is out-of-date.
Can somebody give me a link to a beginner friendly version of linux please.

You can dual boot with linux can't you?
Thanks

comp builder · 1 Nov 2007 at 18:38

Thanks guys

to answer billytheimpaler, it's just when i tyoe in something like 'linux download' into google it seems every page i go into the link just dosn't display or times out

comp builder · 1 Nov 2007 at 20:22

swinnie said:
If you are new to Linux I suggest Ubuntu.

Link

i downloaded ubuntu from this link (took 1hr 17mins)
I also had to download ISObuster to open the file. However i have extracted it and when i click start it just comes up with a screen offering me firefox, thunderbird and a word processor but says nothing about ubuntu install, am i doing something wrong?

comp builder · 1 Nov 2007 at 22:11

Thanks guys. I thought i was like something you downloaded in a .zip file, you extract it, click run and install it. So just burn everything to a blank cd? Do i just click the file i downloaded and burn it from a .iso extractor (will probably download that ImgBurn) or do i extract it and burn everything from the extract to a cd?

comp builder · 7 Nov 2007 at 19:22

ok, i think ive screwed up somewhere lol. I have read everything here and i am now more confused than when i opened the thread lol.
Anyway heres where i'm upto. I downloaded ubuntu 7.10 from a link given on this link. I then got a blank cd and just burnt the file (with all the contents inside) onto it. That didn't work. So i thought, damn i need to just burn the contents and not the file, so another blank disc (CD-R so couldn't re-use them) and burnt the contents, didn't work. I've changed boot priorities and which cd drive i boot it from, nothing works.
So 2 wasted blank discs later i'm no closer to getting linux

a little help please, thanks.
also, i know it sounds stupid, but could you explain it in an easy to follow way (not too much jargon please, thanks)

comp builder · 7 Nov 2007 at 19:34

Skyboat said:
Not to be rude or anything, but if you're struggling to burn a CD image properly then even with Ubuntu you'll seem lost in Linux.

So your suggesting i give up now and never learn how to use linux. You could say i should read about it on ther internet first but i'm a kinestetic learner (did about it in school last year) which means i learn better when i'm practically doing it not reading and listening etc.
There's a first time for everything mate, i'm sure you wern't born with vast knowledge of computers etc.

comp builder · 7 Nov 2007 at 21:48

right then, i've got imgburn.
I now have another problem though

When i right-click on the .iso file there is no option to create an .iso image
So i try and get the file from inside the program. I open the program, click add file, here's the problem. It won't let me accept that that is the file i want to burn it just keeps opening the file and sub-folders etc until there is nothing more to open, it won't let me burn anything

comp builder · 8 Nov 2007 at 16:22

i can't change the HDD boot in the boot priorities, only my CD-RW, DVD-drive and floppy drive.
I will go try the f12 thing now.
Thanks for all the help everyone

comp builder · 8 Nov 2007 at 17:09

if you mean to get into the BIOS then i have to press del (delete, obviously lol). The only other option is to see the BIOS post message screen (shows system spec and other stuff), i press TAB for that

comp builder · 8 Nov 2007 at 19:54

i have wubi dj jester, but i'd like to do it through the cd.
I have burnt the iso file onto it and the cd boots. I click 'start or install ubuntu', then it comes up with a box that says 'loading linux kernel' (or something along those lines), then it goes to a load-up bar (like windows), it's after the load-up bar that i get a problem. When the load-up bar has fully loaded and dissapeared a blank screen with a flashing white line appears for a few seconds then a little blue dialouge box comes up in the middle of the screen saying 'Attention out of range H- 75.5khz V- (can't remember)'
I have messed with all the options in the F4 menu (at the main screen, the first thing you see when the cd boot's) but nothing is working.
What should i do?

comp builder · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:01

it's a fairly old ADC
CRT monitor

i'm not sure why there's a problem though because i'm running windows at 1024x768 in 32bit
It did say H- 75.5khz but at this moment it's running at 60.0khz. Is there a way around this?

comp builder · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:08

yeah, did the same thing

comp builder · 8 Nov 2007 at 21:47

i think it is time for a new monitor. I have just put the disc in my laptop and ubuntu loaded up straight away, no trouble (only running from the disc though as i havn't saved it to the HDD yet)
In fact i'm typing this message on ubuntu

(firefox has a really handy spell check plug-in aswell)
Thanks for all the help guys