How do you put LINUX on a windows computer?

Get a boot disk.

by installing it.

throw away the windows computer

Been trying it. Ubuntu, Fedora etc.

[link to www.linux.org]

no money, it has to go on this one.

There are many ways. You can download it. You can run a live version, which will actually allow you to install if you want. You can also run with gubi, which runs it as a program under windows.

Where?

Oops. Wubi, not gubi.

there is no such thing as a 'windows computer'

What do you have - a CD?

start here

[link to www.linux.org]

Get puppy linux, no hard drive needed, runs off the mem.

ok, it has a windows os.

Man just google it, [link to www.ubuntu.com]

I tries several guides and followed everything perfectly and still no joy.
I'll try [link to www.linux.org] andcheck back in. Thanks

do you have a flash thumb drive larger than 2 gig? if so
download this program [link to www.pendrivelinux.com]

then run it and browse to where the iso is downloaded to that you would have downloaded from Ubuntu or Fedora what have it

or you can just burn the iso to cd using a program such as imgburn

If I were me I would run a dual boot in case linux is not for you. Or say fuck and format the drive.

you can get a CD with a Linux OS sent to you for $5 (Ubuntu is best), or download an ISO image and burn it to a disk, or just download it to your hardrive and install - it does everything or you including creating a seperate partition so you have the choice to boot using windows or linux

or you can download a version that doesnt even need to be installed, like PuppyLinux, and boot straight from a memory stick or CD

I swear I've tries at least 10 times from several different sites. It's a over 600 meg download.

[link to wubi-installer.org]

Download, double click the .exe
Follow the onscreen instructions. Easy.

If I were you I would install Linux Mint instead


www.linuxmint.com


download the 32 bit version. If you have more than 3 gig of ram in your machine you can still use all of it by installing a PAE enabled kernel.

here's the last one I tried. Followed it to a tee.
[link to www.reallylinux.com]

Sorry it was this one.
[link to wubi-installer.org]

Ok I try again.

Create a seperate partition and install it on there. If you're running XP it will take you to the choose OS menu, after you install it. Why do you want to install them together? I usually install either or but not both on the same system most times that sucks!

What exactly do you mean by "It didn't work?"

I forget now why I wanted to do it but it has become a quest now.

Are you trying to dual boot?

Opie, just get a disc from any of the latest Linux/Ubuntu computer magazines ~ they usually have several distros that will boot from the disc. And...they will have plenty of instructions for a dual-boot setup.

If you cannot afford a magazine (around 10 bux) just borrow an older one from a friend, load that distro and then you can update it once you are up and running online.