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Why aren't you running Linux?
It's a sincere question. I'm curious what I can do to help reduce dependence on closed operating systems.
And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with not running Linux, I understand it's not best for everybody. I'm just curious about making it best for more people.
Ubuntu is the most user friendly Linux distribution. It's also the one I use for both desktops and servers. You can download and burn a CD image, and boot into it off the CD without installing, to try it out without installing it. It is very slow that way, because CD drives are slower than hard drives, and everything in the image needs to be decompressed as it's read.
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cathijosephine did the install herself when Windows etc. got too slow on her computer.
http://www.ubuntu.com/ (CD image link is right at the top - download.)
Let me know if you would like me to burn an install CD for you or look over your shoulder while you install.
Freeing up hard drive space under Windows and then repartitioning it for Linux will probably be the hardest part.
And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with not running Linux, I understand it's not best for everybody. I'm just curious about making it best for more people.
Ubuntu is the most user friendly Linux distribution. It's also the one I use for both desktops and servers. You can download and burn a CD image, and boot into it off the CD without installing, to try it out without installing it. It is very slow that way, because CD drives are slower than hard drives, and everything in the image needs to be decompressed as it's read.
cathijosephine did the install herself when Windows etc. got too slow on her computer.http://www.ubuntu.com/ (CD image link is right at the top - download.)
Let me know if you would like me to burn an install CD for you or look over your shoulder while you install.
Freeing up hard drive space under Windows and then repartitioning it for Linux will probably be the hardest part.
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I do have an old G4 Mac running PowerPC Ubuntu and that's quite nice. I'm trying to turn it into a router (more for the experience than actually having a good reason to do it) and packet forwarding is stubbornly refusing to work... other than that, though, I'm quite happy with Ubuntu every time I've used it.
I'd imagine the majority of people, though, don't care what OS they run as long as they can access Facebook and YouTube. In fact, I'd even wager they'd be resistant to changing because they feel like they'd have to learn how to use the new OS. True for something like Slackware, not true for Ubuntu.