Hey guys need a bit of help here, I'm looking for an OS that will run on my old computer decently, I've been told that there is a Linux that isn't unlike windows if anybody knows any information about what its called and what I would need to set it up (if it exists)?

Cheers for the help guys

Bahamut

Here you go: Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu (http://www.ubuntu.com/)

Possibly the easiest flavour of linux for a newbie.

Cheers Ben... and it's free? Nice :D

That will keep him out of my hair if he gets his computer running decently :p

How hard is it to install? Do you just wipe your computer (reformat) and then put that on?

All the instructions are there ;)

Really straightforward and fast too.

Awesome, thanks again, will let you know how it goes in the next few days!

Thanks for the help ben I will have a play with it and see how I go :)

To get a funky feel for it, it will actually boot and run from a CD.

I would also recommend Linux Mint: Main Page - Linux Mint (http://www.linuxmint.com/)

To get a funky feel for it, it will actually boot and run from a CD.
You can install it (ubuntu) in a folder on your Win partition. It will just install a bootloader which points to the folder. This way you get a fully working OS.
H

Linux Mint (http://linuxmint.com/) is probably the best for a first time user, it ships with support for most the common audio and video files installed. If you use Ubuntu Ubuntu Tweek (http://ubuntu-tweak.com/) is the easiest way for you to Get support for these file formats