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Old 06-27-2009, 06:11 PM   #1
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I want to wipe my laptops hardrive and install linux on to it, how can I get it and how do I install it.
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Old 06-27-2009, 06:14 PM   #2
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http://www.linux.org/dist/download_info.html

That should help you
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Old 06-27-2009, 06:15 PM   #3
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http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php
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Old 06-27-2009, 06:19 PM   #4
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Download what you want, burn it to a cd/dvd as an image, and then boot to it.

It should give you an install option of taking the whole drive, which would format the drive and give you a nice fresh install.
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Old 06-27-2009, 07:40 PM   #5
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There's so many different linux versions out there, what would anyone recommend?

Also how do I burn it to a cd as an image
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Old 06-27-2009, 08:20 PM   #6
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I recommend linux Mint. David already posted a link.

To burn as an image, it would depend on what you use to burn with. Imgburn is a popular free program.
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