If you saw my other thread my Vista PC is messing up so I want to load a new OS.
My first instinct was to just slap Windows 7 on there.
However my lovely wife is being all fiscally responsible and cut me off on spending.
We have her old XP desktop, a XP laptop with a full hard drive, a kindle, and two android phones so she sees no need for me to resurrect my computer (that is newer than her computer and laptop) .
OK, she is right and I have recently dumped several grand into my Miata (still want to do coilovers but I am funding that by selling off some old guitars I haven't touched in years).
So I was thinking (dangerous I know) Linux is free right?
I fooled around here at work years ago loading linux (I think it was redhat) with limited success... it seemed to work just fine but other projects came along and the linux idea got sidelined.
I don't want this thread to get too long so quickly.
Can I upload ubuntu to my wife’s XP machine (without damaging it) burn it to a CD, boot to that CD on my computer, reformat my HDD and install from the CD and be up and running?
Will I be able to immediately get on the internet (check my emails, chat with the goofballs on pelican, shop on Amazon and evilbay)?
Will any of Microsoft office work on a ubuntu box? Not critical but that is all I use my home computer for, light internet surfing and some word processing.
Will my card reader built into the front of my computer still work?:
Will I be able to connect to my android phone with USB?
The phone and card reader are mostly for transferring pictures which I can get around by upload/download via internet if need be.
My computer:
HP Pavilion a6000
AMD Athilon 64 X2 Dual Core 2.2GHz
4 GB ram
Thanks!
