If you’ve ever been curious about trying a non-Windows OS, but mostly were afraid of messing with your computer, fear not! It is mindlessly easy to give it a try and find out what a productive, fun environment it could be when you can do anything you want.

Why you want to try it

You might be tempted to think that using Linux is completely different from Windows. In some ways, this is obviously true. But the beginner will really be surprised about how easy it is to use, even my wife thinks it’s nice and easy. It can be frickin’ beautiful too, as Lifehacker shows us.

Linux and Solaris have long been known to be more reliable, more secure, faster, and free. Until now they have been difficult for the average user to install and configure, but that time has ended. They provide an environment that can make you much more productive because you can configure things however you want, and the communities are huge and insanely helpful. If you want more reasons, check them out here.

Horribly Easy: Live CD

A “Live CD” is a CD that you can pop in your computer and run a different environment without changing anything on your computer. Here is all you need to do:
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