Unless you have some really obscure hardware, or want to do some off the wall crazy things just pick Debian/Ubuntu or a derivative and you should have relatively few problems. Or if you like more of a challenge there's a million and one different distros, something is sure to suit you.
I tried Arch once, because it's a meme. Too fiddly. The process of constructing my system from the ground up was fun though. Like Legos, but with software.
Let's see... download iso, burn to disc/write to flash drive... configure BIOS to boot from DVD/USB? If you're a crayon eater you probably have something prebuilt, and probably Dell. Having installed Linux on a few more recent Dells it can certainly be a pain in the ass. You have to disable secure boot, enable booting from USB, yada yada... I can try to help with it if that's what you're stuck on.
You'll need a blank or otherwise unimportant USB drive that's about 8GB in size minimum, and a program that can write ISOs to USB flashdrives. There's a list, the only ones I have tried and will vouch for are the Universal USB Installer and Win32 Disk Imager.
Unless you have some really obscure hardware, or want to do some off the wall crazy things just pick Debian/Ubuntu or a derivative and you should have relatively few problems. Or if you like more of a challenge there's a million and one different distros, something is sure to suit you.
I tried Arch once, because it's a meme. Too fiddly. The process of constructing my system from the ground up was fun though. Like Legos, but with software.
Let's see... download iso, burn to disc/write to flash drive... configure BIOS to boot from DVD/USB? If you're a crayon eater you probably have something prebuilt, and probably Dell. Having installed Linux on a few more recent Dells it can certainly be a pain in the ass. You have to disable secure boot, enable booting from USB, yada yada... I can try to help with it if that's what you're stuck on.
You'll need a blank or otherwise unimportant USB drive that's about 8GB in size minimum, and a program that can write ISOs to USB flashdrives. There's a list, the only ones I have tried and will vouch for are the Universal USB Installer and Win32 Disk Imager.
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