Get a look at ubuntu www.ubuntu.com a very good one for beginners in linux.

@ subzero,my reason for wanting to try out linux is simply discovery.i would just love to try something différent than Windows Vista which i find cumbersome.by the way,i'm just an ordinary comp user-email,internet and Office applications. @ wanyo checked out Ubuntu and i like it.thanks

Yes we can

@sweetie & @Preident Obam-Bam; are you the same person? Why is the later answering a question directed at the former?

@Djinn; Obuntu is NOT an 'African Linux flavour' It is just a NAME chosen for one flavour of Linux. There is nothing African about the OS,except the name!!

@sweetie; Linux is good in terms of being immune to viruses. A few years ago it was not able to open MS applications (Word,Excel,etc),but now it does...and if you have an older version (7 or earlier) you can get a small programme to help you open MS applications.

I tried migrating one time but I had problems getting drivers to run my telephone modem...which was providing my internet connection....Ubuntu asked me to download the drivers from the internet!!!

If you are used to Windows,you will find Linux equally cumbersome,if not worse!!

I always keep a copy at hand: it comes in handy when you need to deleted files infected by a virus that has no cure.

Behind the gardens...Behind the wall...Under the tree (Including: Red...Dark Blue...Yellow)

Mukiha - you want to wager on that?

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

@ all,thanks for the useful advice.I think i will download the Ubuntu on my laptop and try to use it for about two months or so to gauge it's performance in comparison to Windows. I must say that my only interest in this is to discover a new operating system,it's merits and demerits,etc.
@ mukiha,for this post,President Obam-Bam and i are the same person. when replying i used my boyfriend's phone and forgot that he had already logged in under the President user name. Thanks for making me realize my error.in reality,however,we are two different people