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Scott D
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I'm a complete newbie to this forum & Linux. I bet you all are sick of people like me since the end of Win XP. I will go ahead & apologize now. Sorry! I've been doing some reading the last couple weeks but have confused myself alittle so I have not tried to download anything yet.
I guess I should start by letting you know I have an "HP Pavilion a1013w". It has a Pentium 4. It's been a pretty darn good computer for what I need it for. I have even liked XP for the most part (maybe out of ignorance). Had a few problems & had to do a full re-install a couple times. I do not like the sound of this touch crap win8 at all. If I'm on the computer, I'm at my desk & want to use a mouse & keyboard. I don't want to poke at my screen! This is why I'm not too interested in a win upgrade or replacing a computer that's hardware still seems to work well.
Linux has so many versions that I'm not sure where to start! I'd like to find the right version & make one of those bootable flashdrive USB's to start with. I like the idea of being able to keep XP on here for awhile anyway in "limited user mode".
Can you all point me to a version & place to make a Linux USB stick? Something maybe "XP like" that will work on my HP.
I'm mostly just a web surfer But I do need something that will let me work with audio files. I need to record & edit.
Sorry for being long winded but I know you need details to answer the question. Thanks
I guess I should start by letting you know I have an "HP Pavilion a1013w". It has a Pentium 4. It's been a pretty darn good computer for what I need it for. I have even liked XP for the most part (maybe out of ignorance). Had a few problems & had to do a full re-install a couple times. I do not like the sound of this touch crap win8 at all. If I'm on the computer, I'm at my desk & want to use a mouse & keyboard. I don't want to poke at my screen! This is why I'm not too interested in a win upgrade or replacing a computer that's hardware still seems to work well.
Linux has so many versions that I'm not sure where to start! I'd like to find the right version & make one of those bootable flashdrive USB's to start with. I like the idea of being able to keep XP on here for awhile anyway in "limited user mode".
Can you all point me to a version & place to make a Linux USB stick? Something maybe "XP like" that will work on my HP.
I'm mostly just a web surfer But I do need something that will let me work with audio files. I need to record & edit.
Sorry for being long winded but I know you need details to answer the question. Thanks