What is the easiest way to instal a linux operating system?

Where do I go to get Linux? Is it more beneficial to buy it? Can anyone give me step by step instructions on how to uninstall Windows 98 and install a linux os?



ThanksWhat is the easiest way to instal a linux operating system?
how much MEMORY RAM your computer has?



on this page there is a test, where the final will tell you, that distribution gnu / linuz suits your needs



http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.鈥?/a>



but I recommend you Ubuntu GNU/Linux



Setup is very easy, you just insert the CD into the computer.



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at the time that partition the hard disk, choose the second option, this format the hard drive completely.



this process completely delete the hard disk, and there you can install Ubuntu.
I would recommend running linux over 98 any day! Since it is an older computer you might want to see its specs to determine the best version of linux. If your computer is around 700Mhz with 256Mb of ram and at least 4 GB of hard drive your best option will be ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/ If you have lower specs check out http://www.xubuntu.com/ or dsl http://damnsmalllinux.org/ if your system is really old and slow.



Ubuntu is going to be far more up to date than 98. Its as the same level as XP/Vista. You can even try it out by downloading and burn a cd. Put the cd and put it in your cd drive and reboot and you can try it live before you install.



Some of the best reasons to switch is its going to be faster, more update, stable, secure, easy to use (different but easy), international. Its free to use, distribute, install not only the OS but all programs. Also available for free is a whole community with forums and chats if you have any problems no need to pay for support.



Linux is more If you want to support your favorite distro then do it. some do charge but its more your paying for support in advance. the support is guarnteed in that case.



You dont have to uninstall 98. if you have all you data backed up some where other than your hard drive just download and burn the .iso put it in your cd drive reboot. Boot from the cd and pick install.



Check out the installation guide before you install



Good Luck!What is the easiest way to instal a linux operating system?
get this distro

http://www.xubuntu.com



Its based on ubuntu but has a light-weight desktop, and is more suitable to run on older machines.



Download the disk image and burn it to a cd.



Its beneficial to buy linux if (1) you can find a paid distro that will run on an old machine, and (2) you want the technical support



To install linux, just boot the machine with the cd in the drive and the bios of your machine set to boot from that drive (most machines have this already set up)



Make sure you back up all your documents first as this process will completely clear your hard disk.



If you find that this distro is too slow (ie your computer is too old), then Puppy would be a good next choice. Try xubuntu first though, as its a more powerful distro. (or if you state the hardware configuration of yr machine someone can advise you as to which is best in the first instance)
For Kubuntu (Ubuntu with KDE instead of Gnome)

go to: http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/downlo鈥?/a>

Download the ISO and burn it to a CD,

Boot from the CD and tell the installer to use your entire Hard Drive (This will delete Windows)

Once the installer has completed, simply reboot and take out the CD and you will have Kubuntu installed on your computer.

For help with day-to-day usage of Kubuntu go to the #kubuntu channel on irc.freenode.net (Konversation is an IRC client and is pre-installed on Kubuntu)

Hope I helped, and enjoy Linux.What is the easiest way to instal a linux operating system?
no need to delete windows .. you can shrink windows and install linux (preferably ubuntu) and keep you windows.

u dont even need to burn cd .. download unetbootin .. and follow instructions ... http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.h鈥?/a>
By download is fine but if your connection is not fast, getting a CD or DVD can be better, Downloads are free, for a CD you only pay distribution costs. Linux is free software.



The install is actually easy. Download the file (usually a disk image) and burn as a disk image to a CD, Put it in your drive, set your boot order to boot from CD and everything is easy to follow.



You can either overwrite Win 98 to have a totally Linux machine or install a new drive or partition your existing one to run both systems. A dual boot is a little harder to set up but the overwrite will uninstall Win 98 ( and all your programs and documents!)



If you are running Win 98, you probably have an older machine. I would suggest PuppyLinux, a 64 mB download which can be run from a CD without installing to your hard drive. If you like it, there is an install option.



For a full blown Linux, Ubuntu is currently the favourite. but a bigger download and more RAM and drive space would be needed.