Sick of Windows? Here's how easy it is to install Linux

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If you thought installing an operating strategy was challenging, deliberation again. Jack Wallen shows you however getting simple OS up and moving successful astir 5 minutes is casual capable for immoderate accomplishment level.

Linux isn't astir arsenic challenging arsenic you've been led to believe. In fact, it's conscionable arsenic casual to usage arsenic immoderate different operating system. But what astir the installation? Wouldn't installing an operating strategy beryllium a situation that's mode supra the paygrade of the mean user? Not necessarily. And present that you cognize however to test-drive Linux, it's clip you learned however to instal the open-source operating system.

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Like the erstwhile introduction successful this series, I'm going to absorption connected simple OS due to the fact that it's 1 of the much idiosyncratic affable distributions, and the installation is reasonably indicative of the mean Linux installation.

With that said, let's get to the installation.

What you'll request

To marque this work, you'll request a desktop oregon laptop PC and a USB thrust with the simple OS ISO installed arsenic a bootable thrust (a process that was described successful the previous article).

Before you continue, marque perfectly definite you person backed up immoderate files you person saved connected Windows, arsenic I'm going to locomotion you done the process of deleting the existent operating strategy (Windows) and installing Linux implicit it.

Again, backup your information to an outer thrust oregon unreality account, arsenic it volition nary longer beryllium accessible aft the installation is finished.

Once much with feeling ... backup your data.

How to instal simple OS

Insert your bootable USB thrust into your PC and commencement it up. When you get to Try oregon Install (Figure A), prime Erase Disk and Install. This volition erase your disk, truthful lone prime this enactment if you're OK deleting everything from the thrust connected the instrumentality (see "backup your data" warnings above).

Figure A

Next, prime the thrust simple OS is to beryllium installed to (Figure B) and click Erase and Install. If you person much than 1 thrust (such arsenic if you person a thrust for data), marque definite you are selecting the close thrust for the OS.

Figure B

In the resulting surface (Figure C), you tin take if you privation to encrypt the drive. Do this if you privation to support the data, should the laptop oregon desktop autumn into the incorrect hands. Either prime Don't Encrypt oregon Choose Password. If you prime Choose Password, you'll beryllium prompted to benignant and verify a password to continue.

Figure C

At this constituent (Figure D), the installation volition begin.

Figure D

This information of the installation is the longest and volition instrumentality betwixt 2-5 minutes (depending connected the velocity of your hardware). When this information finishes, you'll beryllium prompted to restart the device. After the restart, you'll beryllium prompted to prime your connection (Figure E) and keyboard layout.

Figure E

After you've selected the language, you volition past beryllium prompted to make a idiosyncratic for the strategy (Figure F).

Figure F

The instrumentality sanction is the hostname for the computer, which volition beryllium disposable to different devices implicit your network. Fill retired the details for the caller user, alteration the Device sanction (if you desire), and click Finish Setup. You volition past beryllium prompted to log into simple OS (Figure G), wherever you tin commencement moving with your caller Linux installation.

Figure G

And that's each determination is to it. In astir 5 minutes, you'll person installed a idiosyncratic affable Linux organisation and logged successful to acquisition this powerful, flexible, unafraid and reliable open-source operating system.

Next clip around, we'll larn a spot much astir the desktop and however to instal software.

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