[Cialug] Which Distro is best?

Matthew Nuzum newz at bearfruit.org
Mon Jul 7 11:18:52 CDT 2008


On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Nick Johnson <mainbass64 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alright, i think that im going to try the ubuntu distro, because it seems
> the most newbie friendly. Can anyone link the sites to download, or maybe
> ill just go buy it out at best buy. Also, am i going to need a boot loader
> so i can dual boot windows and linux. Also is there a security system i
> should buy for linux? I know its alot of questions and you guys probably
> think im a moron at this point, but i just dont want to screw anything up.

Wubi is a windows installer for Ubuntu. Download the exe to your
desktop and run it. It will get the cd for you and install it and even
update the windows xp/vista boot loader. No partitioning needed. You
can even uninstall it from the Windows "add or remove programs"
applet.

http://wubi-installer.org/


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