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<blockquote data-quote="Pilgrim" data-source="post: 1403069" data-attributes="member: 19885">Running Linux live from a USB stick is probably the easiest way for a newcomer to dip a toe in the water.&nbsp; ...Just download a live ISO (e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, etc.) and write it to the stick with the relevant utility.&nbsp; Linux will also run happily on older machines, so if you're nervous about installing it on your &quot;best machine&quot; and dual-booting it with your Windows installation, then just pick up a second-hand computer on eBay.&nbsp; (Though avoid machines which have a 32-bit UEFI and a 64-bit processor: Linux can be installed on them, but in my experience it is a headache!)&nbsp; As for dual-booting, I have done countless dual-boot installations and have never had any real problems.&nbsp; (The clock's usually an hour out in Windows when the hardware clock is set to GMT --- the norm in Linux --- but this is easily corrected by a quick registry tweak.)&nbsp; And with modern non-destructive partitioning tools, partitions can be quickly and easily resized with the data still on them: a far cry from the days when I began, when partitions had to be backed up, then deleted, new partitions created, and Windows reinstalled, before Linux could be installed.&nbsp; One can now install Linux to dual-boot with Windows in just half an hour or so.&nbsp; I made the switch to Linux over twenty years ago and have never looked back.&nbsp; I don't miss Windows at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pilgrim, post: 1403069, member: 19885"] Running Linux live from a USB stick is probably the easiest way for a newcomer to dip a toe in the water. ...Just download a live ISO (e.g. Ubuntu, Mint, Debian, etc.) and write it to the stick with the relevant utility. Linux will also run happily on older machines, so if you're nervous about installing it on your "best machine" and dual-booting it with your Windows installation, then just pick up a second-hand computer on eBay. (Though avoid machines which have a 32-bit UEFI and a 64-bit processor: Linux can be installed on them, but in my experience it is a headache!) As for dual-booting, I have done countless dual-boot installations and have never had any real problems. (The clock's usually an hour out in Windows when the hardware clock is set to GMT --- the norm in Linux --- but this is easily corrected by a quick registry tweak.) And with modern non-destructive partitioning tools, partitions can be quickly and easily resized with the data still on them: a far cry from the days when I began, when partitions had to be backed up, then deleted, new partitions created, and Windows reinstalled, before Linux could be installed. One can now install Linux to dual-boot with Windows in just half an hour or so. I made the switch to Linux over twenty years ago and have never looked back. I don't miss Windows at all. [/QUOTE]

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