I have an old computer, i was wondering if i could put put ubuntu on it but i have no idea where to download it, what to do etc. please help! thanks

Answer:
Linux is different. For one thing it is a family of operating systems and part of the larger family of Unix operating systems. That is why I do not recommend just installing it on a separate partition the way most people get started. I suggest one of two things. First there is wubi. You can get all the information you need here: http://www.wubi-installer.org Alternatively, most (though not all) Ubuntu disks can function as live cds. You can boot up, choose not to install and run your computer a LITTLE slowly but otherwise as if it was installed. First go here: http://www.ubuntu.com On the left there is a Get Ubuntu thingy. Click on that. You will be led eventually to a choice of disks. Generally I would say get the graphical installer for your computer chip — if it’s 32 bit usually x86 if 64 bit x86_64. That is a live CD disk. What you will download is an iso image of between 650 and 700 MB. I assume you have a CD burner. If you have never burned an iso (CD IMAGE FILE), go here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto Burn it to disk. Reboot. If it reboots to the hard drive change the bios to check the CD for a boot disk before checking the hard drive. You will answer a few questions. DO NOT AGREE TO INSTALL. You will pretty much have access to the programs you can get — easily, the default ones on Ubuntu. You will also be picking up a little more computer science than they let on (ubuntu sugar-coats it nicely and I see people learning things all the time which they would complain is boring if they knew what it was). After a few weeks you can decide whether you want to try Wubi or an install of ubuntu. Read Ubuntu’s documentations first.

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