How to test out Ubuntu Linux on your PC.

If you want to test out how Ubuntu Linux is going to run on your computer laptop or net book. Then here are two ways to test it out.

You can use Wubi installer to install it on your computer from windows and uninstall it from Windows without loosing any data from windows or harming any thing. This also works if you use Vista which in that case I really feel sorry for you.



The other way is to Virtualizes on Ubuntu box, this will let you test out the OS but it will not give you a good idea if any or all of you hard ware will work with it. I mostly use VirtualBox for doing that. It's one of the best and easiest to setup with out paying for software even if your looking at he windows version virtual pc ( it dos not like Linux).



Booth of the method to test out and run Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution on your computer will take up about 5 to 10 gig of hard drive space. So make shore that you have the space be for you install. If not then use on external or get one for this. The install for Ubuntu is really easy and it walks you throw setting up the OS.

My mom uses Ubuntu

For the last 5 years my mother has been using a computer that runs Ubuntu on it. She has not had a problem with the OS. Know mind you I had windows running on it before and I was always working on fixing problems with the OS.

The rezone for this is that windows makes things easy for people to change settings and configurations. Like my mother that has a tendency to reconfigure her network so that it's not working. But in Linux you can't make that change unless you have root access.

Now my mom just goes online for her email.