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[TechMouse]

Right, im downloading it now! its a 868 DVD image, but ill just iso it and install for a laugh

How would i start it in windows? Will it give me an icon and then once active take over the system?

Do i have to have a partition?

Cheers

Hmm, OK - perhaps you're misunderstanding the concept.

Linux is a whole operating system, like OS-X or Windows.

Ubuntu Studio is a distribution of Linux geared towards music / video / art.

You can download an ISO of the install CD. You can boot from this CD and use it to install the operating system to your Hard Disk.

When you install to the hard disk, you can either overwrite your existing Windows installation (which I doubt you will want to do) or you can create a new partition and install to that. The installer should setup a bootloader for you, so you can choose which OS to boot at startup.

There is a walkthrough of the installation process here.

There is more info at the Ubuntu Studio Wiki.

[RDR]

Hmm, OK - perhaps you're misunderstanding the concept.

Linux is a whole operating system, like OS-X or Windows.

Ubuntu Studio is a distribution of Linux geared towards music / video / art.

You can download an ISO of the install CD. You can boot from this CD and use it to install the operating system to your Hard Disk.

When you install to the hard disk, you can either overwrite your existing Windows installation (which I doubt you will want to do) or you can create a new partition and install to that. The installer should setup a bootloader for you, so you can choose which OS to boot at startup.

There is a walkthrough of the installation process here.

There is more info at the Ubuntu Studio Wiki.

Dont be silly mark, of course i know its an o/s

Its my fault i wasnt clear enough, i should have asked...

can i install this without touching my windows partition? Please tell me i can :(