Ubuntu is free and the other programs are free and you can download programs for free onto your Windows computer. You can watch videos on how to do it. You can read articles on how to do it. You can download a partition editor. Some years ago, I got the Ubuntu CD in the mail for free. I went to their website at http://Ubuntu.com and ordered a free copy of the Ubuntu OS and it came to my house. You can download it for free. I don't know if anybody is sending the OS for free in the mail now but they did some years ago.
Ubuntu in Windows
You can install Ubuntu inside Windows as a program (WUBI).
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi
Download WUBI
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer
First, you download WUBI, and then, second, you run it, you install it.
Thank you so very much again and again. I'm interested on:
I guess I'll use it this night when the internet connection is fast. I hope it works with no risk. I'm kinda getting coward lol!
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Do you want to type in WUBI into YouTube and watch videos about it, first? They could show you how to do it and it may be pretty simple.
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Yep!
Thank you very so much!
There are a lot of videos on youtube in just one topic. What video could you recommend?
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Can you get a DVD-R disc? If you can, you can download an OS and then burn the OS onto the disc. Your computer needs at least 8 GB or maybe 20 GB free for Ubuntu as it is a larger OS. You may want to put Ubuntu on your PC or you may want to try an OS that is smaller than that.
Three Steps
Here are the 3 steps to installing Wubi: you can see these steps in the video below:
First, you can download Wubi (Ubuntu for Windows) here:
https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi/releases
Second, you can make a partition (drive) with the Disk Management program on Windows: you can see this in the video below:
Third, you can install Wubi into the new partition (aka drive), not into the C: drive but a different letter, maybe letter E drive
You can read the comments below this video on YouTube as well. You can download and install Ubuntu without a DVD disc or thumb drive. You can install Ubuntu 16.04 or Ubuntu 18.04 or another OS. I like and I have Ubuntu Mate 16.04 on my laptop. You may not have to make a new partition on Windows. Making a partition is like making a new room in your house, in your computer. It might be more dangerous to not make a new room, a new partition, but some people skip that step.
Skip Making a Partition?
You can take it one step at a time as you learn how to do these things, if you want. There are different operating systems you can install, like I said, AKA different distributions (distros), AKA flavors, versions, of Ubuntu, like I said. There is Ubuntu, and then there is Lubuntu. Then there is Kubuntu. And there is Ubuntu Mate. And there is Mint.
Distros, Flavors:
And there are others too of Ubuntu. Different flavors, different versions of Ubuntu, and some are smaller than 8 GB and some might be bigger. And Ubuntu is from the Linux family. So, there are other Linux OS out there as well. If you like Windows, you can install Ubuntu 18.04 and then you can have Ubuntu and Windows, both of them, on your computer.
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Thank you so very much mate. Great info!
I'll watch the video this evening, the internet is very slow now here.
Now I'm thinking maybe it would be safe to install Linux OS on a separate PC or laptop. I'm afraid I could make mistake on my current laptop.
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You can make a mistake if you go outside of Windows on your computer while installing. But normally, if you install while inside Windows, then that will not remove Windows. A big mistake would be if you accidentally formatted (erased) Windows. If you are inside Windows while installing Ubuntu, you may be fine because you can install Ubuntu (Wubi) inside Windows to be like an application, a program. You could try a virtual box program which you can install on Windows which may let you use it boot into another OS or other programs while inside Windows.
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Oh!
This is much safer mate.
Thank you very much!
If only you're here so that if mistakes happen you can right away fix it.
Anyways, its safer to install a virtual box program then.
I haven't tried it yet.
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