peahouse05 said:
Thanks for all the replies and offers of help.
I have still not worked out how to start a new thread but as always help is at hand.
peahouse05
Go to any section that you think is relivent to your question ...
in this case it is relivent to Linux
click Linux and the first thing you see, top left, is "New Post" press it, give it a title and ask your question.
Now, go to this site
http://distrowatch.com/ and bookmark it ... from there you can find every "distro" of Linux under the sun.
You download as many as you like but they need "burning" from their ISO file format to be read properly in your CD drive ... alternatively, get a CD that has been done for you ... Chelsea has one if you want ... but you can get loads for a few quid each of the net too ... go to WHSmiths ot Tesco and browse the Linux mags, most will have a CD/DVD of one form of Linux or another, but @ 5-6-7 quid a throw, bloody dear way of getting a CD.