Tech Tip 118 - Test Driving Linux Using a Live CD

Posted by ttblogger on 03/25 at 07:36 AM Permalink

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So you’ve heard about Linux, and you’re itching to try it out. Why? Maybe you want to breathe some life into an older computer that can’t run Windows XP or Vista. Maybe you want to stretch your technical skills a bit. Or, maybe you’re just tired of Windows and need a change.

Normally, you install Linux in a couple of ways. One way is to use it to take over an entire hard drive. Or, you can partition your hard drive and have Windows on one portion of it and Linux on another. But, if you find that a particular version of Linux (called a distribution) isn’t quite right for you, getting rid of it or changing it can be a pain.

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    Posted by Burnt Music  on  03/25  at  03:38 PM

  1. If you know you want the KDE desktop instead of Gnome, you can download Kubuntu from the Ubuntu folks and startup directly with KDE. I got fed up with Windows 8 years ago, installed Mandrake Linux, and have never looked back. Ubuntu/Kubuntu is the way to go nowadays for the easiest Linux distribution.

    2. Posted by Jim  on  03/25  at  06:02 PM

  2. If the live cdrom is one solution as a test drive, another would be to use an entire hdd on it’s own. That’s inexpensive, most people have 10, 20, 30 and 40 GB hdd’s laying around if not an entire computer to dedicate to Linux as a test box.

    Ubuntu 6.10 is fine, but 7.04 is just around the corner for an April 2007 release. After using Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 6.10. Vista will not go on any desktop I own or build in the future. Notebooks, that’s a different game. If OS X becomes more mainstream, I’ll probably look at that before Vista. Microsoft is a rich man’s or corporate solution. Ultimate would be the only version I’m interested in, Home and others, Linux is just fine and it’s free.

    3. Posted by John Holmes  on  03/26  at  01:46 AM

  3. And if you decide to make the leap (I did, as soon as I started reading about Vista), there’s a lot of community support out there via forums and user groups.

    A couple of caveats:

    Special-purpose computers might be a bit of a pain:  I’m still looking for the right setup for vinyl sign cutting and printing.

    Yes, just about everything is available via GUIs these days, but I think it’s worth the time and effort to become comfortable with the terminal window.

    4. Posted by USA homes  on  10/18  at  02:16 AM

  4. May be my question is a bit out of subject but does it need any special requirements on pc for operation?

    5. Posted by Cheap PC Parts  on  02/10  at  09:48 PM

  5. My favorite linux distro has to be Fedora, but there are still a ton of other distros i haven’t tried yet.  I have a couple of linux live cd’s too, but i forgot what they’re called. I think it’s quite amazing how many people don’t know how great linux really is.

    6. Posted by internet marketing services  on  06/18  at  07:14 PM

  6. I just bought my new laptop and it was bundled by an Ubuntu OS and at first I was kinda uncomfortable using it since i use windows most of the time. then i kinda got used to it and its really good.

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