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Hi Folks, I am new to linux and know nothing about it,and want change my OS from windows 7 to linux,can you tell me as it is really very hard ...
  1. 01-29-2011 #1
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    Arrow want change my OS from windows 7 to linux

    Hi Folks,
    I am new to linux and know nothing about it,and want change my OS from windows 7 to linux,can you tell me as it is really very hard to understand the terms of linuxlike BIN,TAR etc.....
    i have AMD athelon 3600+
    MSI mainboard which supports DDR2 RAM
    200GBs SATA HDD with two partitions,
    how to start it.....is it confusing?is it better than Windows?i want to use it i really do,please help me.........i am already downloading Sabayon_Linux_5.4_amd64_XFCE.iso.
    is it suitable for my configuration?tell me if i need to download any mainboard drivers for it............

    please help me...........
    thanks in advance guys...........
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    You should not need to download anything but a "Distro" which is just a version or flavor of GNU/Linux....Sabayon is a fine distro and includes many wonderful tools and programs. It should run fine on your hardware too. The important thing to remember here is that you need to burn the ISO properly and here is a link to follow. Pay attention to the "HowTo: Download / Burn Linux ISO Files to CD/DVD" part but there is a lot of good, useful and up to date material.
    http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/new...ead-first.html
    Once you get it installed then you can slowly learn other things like .bin files and .tar file, etc, etc.....patience is extremely important.
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    Welcome to the forum. Some good sources of information, in addition to the forum, are:

    <Linux> - Google Search
    DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.


    Good luck, and enjoy your new system.
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    When you install, you'll be asked if you want to install Linux alongside Windows. My advice is to do this. Then for a while you can boot either OS and you won't have to be afraid of being cut off from the Internet or being unable to play some game. When you feel confident enough with LInux, you can get rid of Windows.
    "I'm just a little old lady; don't try to dazzle me with jargon!"
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  5. 01-30-2011 #5
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    If I were you I would get the most current ubuntu cd and use a live version for a week before I commit.
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