Free downloadable Ubuntu O/S.

Having been curious about the Linux operating system for quite a while.
When I was shopping for a new computer I checked out the Macintosh which looked great but the high price put me off, the price and the fact that there were far less programs available for the Macintosh than the PC. I looked at the Red Hat Linux OS at my local computer store. I read the back of box I decided that maybe it was too advanced for me, and I couldn't really see what I had to gain by installing it and so I didn't buy it.
I have owned and been very happy with several Compaq Presario computers. I bought a new Compaq Presario running Vista. My old Compaq Presario was running Windows XP. My old PC worked fine but was a little slower than the newer machines. I decided it was time to upgrade but really didn't want to let the old machine go and so I used it as a secondary machine and so that I still had a machine running XP in case any of my programs would not run on Vista.
I decided to download a program which would enable me to watch British television on my American PC.
I was a little dubious about downloading but it seemed okay and so I went ahead and downloaded it onto my old machine. As soon as I opened the downloaded file a warning popped up from Norton saying that my computer had been infected with a virus that Norton couldn't fix and that I needed to download another program to rectify the problem. I downloaded the patch which when I installed it just about finished my computer off. All of the icons disappeared from the desktop.
I spent several hours researching the problem online and the consensus of opinion for this particular problem was to wipe the hard drive and use the system restore disks to restore the PC back to it's original configuration. Having misplaced the system restore disks for me this was not an option.
I had a perfectly serviceable Compaq Presario which essentially had no operating system .
I had heard about the Ubuntu OS which is a free open source version of Linux. I thought that I might try and load it onto my dead computer because at this point I had very little to lose.
I Googled Ubuntu and quickly found the official Ubuntu website where the latest version of Ubuntu is available for free download.
The website instructs you how to download the Ubuntu OS and then burn it onto a CD.
If this is not feasible or you are unable to or choose not to download it for whatever reason you can buy the Ubuntu OS on a CD-R. for a nominal fee. The program itself is free, what you're paying for is the shipping, handling and the cost of the CD-R. itself.
Once you have your Ubuntu CD then the install process is really very straightforward. You simply put the Ubuntu CD-R. into your PC , shut your PC down and power it back up. with the CD still in the CD drive. The computer will boot up as normal but just before it would normally open windows a different screen will pop up asking if you want to install the Ubuntu OS. It will then ask if you want to have both Windows and Ubuntu or just Ubuntu on your Computer . You can partition the hard drive and run both operating systems on the same machine. If you decide like I did to just run Ubuntu then it will warn you one last time before you proceed that Windows will be completely erased and you lose all of your data.
If your install goes as smoothly as mine did within a few minutes you will have a fully functioning Ubuntu Linux OS on your machine.
In order to get up to speed quickly on my new operating system I bought an Ubuntu book. Ubuntu really is so intuitive and easy-to-use that the book was really not necessary.
I have very quickly become an Ubuntu fan as I am sure do most of the people who download and install it.

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