What Linux os is the best one to install on a computer?
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 at
21:15
For people wanting to download media files on? And are all Linux os’s free or atleast the good ones? Is there any point of me putting linux on my d drive so I can switch back and fourth from windows 7 to Linux?
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Most Linux distributions aimed at home/office users are free.
There is no "best". This test will help you decide: http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/
As you are probably a new linux user, I would recommend ubuntu or openSUSE. It can install and configure the GRUB loader for you, which is what you need to dual-boot windows and linux, and yes, you should definitely keep your windows installation.
BTW, All distros are able to download media files, most of them able to play them straight away (I would say all, but then there is Arch and Ubuntu Server
).
There’s really no reason to think of which distro to choose for too much, most are quite similar. The only major differences between distros are the package managing systems and the pre-installed packages. Anotherdifference is, for example, that in Ubuntu, unlike Debian, you can not su root (=login as superuser) by default. (TTheoreticallyyou can make Debian look and behave exactly like Ubuntu with some configuration work, though.)
ubuntu is a great linux os for any user.
all linux flavors are free, and always will be, ones like redhat that charge you are charging you for support NOT the actual OS.
you can dual boot windows and linux meaning you would make a seperate partition for one and when u reboot it would ask wich one you want to startup.
My personal favorite is PC Linux OS, but there are many good ones.
Be aware of the Live CD List and Distrowatch:
http://www.livecdlist.com/
http://distrowatch.com/