Most distros are installed by getting an ISO which you can then burn to CD or DVD or even usb pendrive. I use Unetbootin to make a bootable pendrive from the ISO and it works well. It has both Linux and Windows versions. Unetbootin will either take care of downloading the distribution ISO or work from a previously downloaded ISO.
Most Linux distros use a Live or bootable CD where the OS can be run from CD or DVD for testing purposes and then you can install it if you like it. Because it is run from the CD the performance isn't great and you cannot install anything, but it gives you a sense of the OS. http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Ubuntu has a good how-to on burning ISOs. It will work for any distribution. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto You can download ISOs for most distributions from http://distrowatch.com/ Just save them to your hard drive and open them in your burning programme. Do not copy the ISO file to the CD. It must be *opened*. An ISO is a compressed file and you need the contents of the ISO on the CD. Ubuntu and its derivatives have something called WUBI that allows you to install Ubuntu inside Windows. It kicks in when you insert the CD in Windows instead of booting from it. You can also download a WUBI exe file and work from there. http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/windows-installer Try lots of distributions to get a good fit for you. Almost all are free to use and install and can be very different from each other. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada > > On 02/28/2011 07:16 PM, ak wrote: >> >> how do you download linux on a windows computer and know what >> programming programs it has? >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
