RadioBanter - Hey Larry, others

On 5/3/2011 2:50 PM, Hils wrote:
John Smith wrote:
On 5/3/2011 11:16 AM, dave wrote:
Go to a real news stand and search the computer mags for Linux magazines
with "live CD/DVD" enclosed. They usually have several versions you can
play with without messing up your existing installation.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/...puppy-linux-52

Don't most distros have live cds? Download your favorite flavor:

http://distrowatch.com/

A live cd of ubuntu is probably best for most newbies:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

I had Ubuntu running in VirtualBox under XP. It seemed quite usable for
my relatively limited purposes until VB crashed while I was fiddling
around with a USB stick. I'm guessing it'll restart when I reboot XP.

Ubuntu is bloatware.