>
>I am not sure about your hardware but I would suggest downloading and
>installing virtualbox <https://www.virtualbox.org/> and then experiment
>with different varieties of linux, one that is quite neat at the moment
>is mint <http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php> its a bit confusing but
>the one at the top i.e. the mate version in either 32 bit or 64bit is a
>nice OS.
>
>Once you are happy it does what you want you can install it properly and
>overwrite windows or depending upon disk space dual boot or even better
>install to a fresh drive and put the old windows disk in an external
>housing so that you can access any files.
>
I got a deluge of similar advice from members of another list, and I'm
going to give Ubuntu, Xubuntu, and LinuxMint a try. The last one sounds best
of all. Can't download any of them at the moment due to the severe weather
across North America.
Chris
Chris
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