This group of three short videos shows you how to download GNU/Linux, make a bootable Linux CD, and how to boot Linux on your computer without going through a tedious installation routine. We used Ubuntu for this demonstration, but the steps shown apply to all live CD Linux distributions.
I recently loaded and installed ubuntu 6.06. It was as easy to install as Windows (if not easier). It also looks pretty. Not sure about the functionality and compatibility yet; I have yet to get down and dirty with ubuntu. But my experience with Linux & slackware variants has been that finding compatible hardware, drivers and software for them is a pain in the “ACE”. Much of those compatibility issues have been resolved with the newer variants (red hat for example). But since so much of the industry (gaming, wi-fi etc) make their products for windows, compatibilty is likely to be an issue for a while.
Anyway, here is a linux training video.

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