Originally Posted by
Asturias56
...I just want a system to turn on and it works - not a course in PC tech....
I think you need to be fair about this -
Justapax was trying to explain how to obtain and
install or
test Linux (for free). I can tell you, with a great deal of experience in the matter, that to do this with almost any M$ OS is
much more difficult (eg. time to install, need for separate drivers, licence[s] etc) and will result in a system nowhere near as complete as many Linux distributions that will typically include a fully-featured wordprocessor, spreadsheet etc along with email and browser at install time.
Once installed Linux is just as easy to turn on and use as a M$ OS and, in my view, is generally faster and more reliable on the same hardware. That you don't need to 'licence' anything, nor pay a tax to run your machine is an additional bonus.
FP.