Remove Windows Install Linux
We're going Linux.
We've been forced to by Microsoft's tyranny: forcing us to use Bing instead of Google, even in Chrome (and combating attempts by people to make Chrome apps to let us still use Google - click here for a YouTube video of what I mean), forced use of apps, hijacking (causing slow processing, causing failure to load of internet processes, etc) the OS until we update, forced updates, lack of concern for users, etc. There's no point in listing all the abuses Microsoft is now perpetrating on its users ... It's obvious from the relentless nature of they way they're doing it that it's not the sort of thing we can say "Well, they're done with that now and we can get around it" but instead we have to admit "They've shown they don't care and are going to continue doing these things and it will probably get worse for the foreseeable future" ... needless to say, its enough now for us to leave Windows, which we've always used. Microsoft obviously is able to do all this because of the consumer limitations of their monopoly, which prevents users from choosing in a free market the products that are best for them.
We'll list the steps we take, so that others can do this.
1. Introduction
2. Downloading Linux and putting it on a CD
3. Deleting Windows and installing Linux
4. Web apps for doing stuff online
1. Introduction
1.1 First thing you should know: Linux comes in many forms. You can pick what form you want, unlike Windows. People out in the world work on their own version of Linux, because they each have a particular purpose and want an OS that does a particular thing. They mostly do the same things, so you can pick almost any of them. Here's some options for 2017 in case you don't want to use ours.
We picked Zorin because it looks like the newer versions of Windows. Zorin is made by for the purpose of being a Windows-like interface with programs similar to Windows. They wanted a free OS which was simliar to Windows but which also allowed users to enjoy Linux without issues. It is maintained in Ireland, This is what Zorin looks like:
1. 2 Another thing you need to understand about Linux is that you can't do everything as easily on it as you can on Windows. However, it's now 2017, and most things I want to do on my computer I can do using free internet apps. I will list the apps we use online below. I will mention here: Please do not use adblocker because everyone who uses adblockers contributes to the loss / prevention of further efforts to make free content online. Most of these people use Google ads, which has its own system of quality control. If these people can't make money from ads on their pages, they won't be able to maintain their websites or make new free stuff for us. If your concern is privacy when you search, install a second browser and put your adblocker on this and use this browser when you want to spend some time browsing without sending browser information, but revert back to your main browser for your regular searches. Also, if you have means, please support the free apps you use online with donations.
1.3 Another thing to know is that if you have already used the computer you're going to delete Windows from, you need to back up all your personal files to an external drive first so you don't lose them when you delete Windows. This means your pictures, videos, music, and whatever else.
2. Installing Linux (Zorin Linux)
To do the 2 steps (unistall Windows and install Zorin) we followed this tutorial:
Download Zorin here (scroll down): https://zorinos.com/download/. It is 1.5 GB. It took me 40 minutes to download.
Zorin has an "ultimate version" that adds support and some apps they made. Those things aren't things I need, so I went with the free version. It is well worth paying for these things if you need them, and the price is currently only 20 pounds. Even if the price goes up, it is not bad to pay people who have spent and are spending a bunch of their time to create an alternative for you to use, while they also offer a free version.
Once you've downloaded Linux, you insert a DVD-R (or DVD-RW), or you can also do this with a flash drive instead of a CD. We'll use a CD for ours.
Right-click on the Zorin file and select "burn a disc image."
Once, your CD is burned, it will eject to let you know it's finished. Push it back in.
Power off your computer. Then power on, but press F2 (sometimes F2 doesn't work but F10 or F12 works) until BIOS opens up.
In BIOS, select Bootable and change the boot order so your CD-ROM moves to the top of the list (highlight it and press F5 until it moves up to the top). Press F10 to "save and exit."
Now your disk should be what your computer boots from. You should see a Linux screen come up. There are several screens you have to fill in information on for the installation, including asking for your password a few times. (Note: if you get stuck on the "installation screen" ie you can't click "continue," click "back and then "continue" again.
When the installation is complete (it took about 30 or so minutes on my computer), your computer will reboot. If it boots up, you've completed a Linux installation. If you see a screen that says "no bootable disk," you need to turn your computer off, turn on and press F2 until you enter BIOS again, and change a few things (here's a tutorial with pictures, and note also that if you can't access the "Secure Boot Mode" options, you need to "Set Supervisor Password" first, and then you can). After you change a couple of settings outlined in the itsfoss link, you press F10 to reboot again, and it should work.
Now you have Linux on your computer.
...
We'll be making blog posts to update our progress on using Linux instead of Windows. Because we're used to Windows, we expect we'll try to do things but will realize we can't do them that way. If you follow our blogs, you will probably find us solving these things before you run into them. Also, there'll hopefully be comments on this page from others who are doing this.
...
Here's a USB installer YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vq_v0oGPH8
We've been forced to by Microsoft's tyranny: forcing us to use Bing instead of Google, even in Chrome (and combating attempts by people to make Chrome apps to let us still use Google - click here for a YouTube video of what I mean), forced use of apps, hijacking (causing slow processing, causing failure to load of internet processes, etc) the OS until we update, forced updates, lack of concern for users, etc. There's no point in listing all the abuses Microsoft is now perpetrating on its users ... It's obvious from the relentless nature of they way they're doing it that it's not the sort of thing we can say "Well, they're done with that now and we can get around it" but instead we have to admit "They've shown they don't care and are going to continue doing these things and it will probably get worse for the foreseeable future" ... needless to say, its enough now for us to leave Windows, which we've always used. Microsoft obviously is able to do all this because of the consumer limitations of their monopoly, which prevents users from choosing in a free market the products that are best for them.
We'll list the steps we take, so that others can do this.
1. Introduction
2. Downloading Linux and putting it on a CD
3. Deleting Windows and installing Linux
4. Web apps for doing stuff online
1. Introduction
1.1 First thing you should know: Linux comes in many forms. You can pick what form you want, unlike Windows. People out in the world work on their own version of Linux, because they each have a particular purpose and want an OS that does a particular thing. They mostly do the same things, so you can pick almost any of them. Here's some options for 2017 in case you don't want to use ours.
We picked Zorin because it looks like the newer versions of Windows. Zorin is made by for the purpose of being a Windows-like interface with programs similar to Windows. They wanted a free OS which was simliar to Windows but which also allowed users to enjoy Linux without issues. It is maintained in Ireland, This is what Zorin looks like:
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| Zorin Linux looks like this |
1. 2 Another thing you need to understand about Linux is that you can't do everything as easily on it as you can on Windows. However, it's now 2017, and most things I want to do on my computer I can do using free internet apps. I will list the apps we use online below. I will mention here: Please do not use adblocker because everyone who uses adblockers contributes to the loss / prevention of further efforts to make free content online. Most of these people use Google ads, which has its own system of quality control. If these people can't make money from ads on their pages, they won't be able to maintain their websites or make new free stuff for us. If your concern is privacy when you search, install a second browser and put your adblocker on this and use this browser when you want to spend some time browsing without sending browser information, but revert back to your main browser for your regular searches. Also, if you have means, please support the free apps you use online with donations.
1.3 Another thing to know is that if you have already used the computer you're going to delete Windows from, you need to back up all your personal files to an external drive first so you don't lose them when you delete Windows. This means your pictures, videos, music, and whatever else.
2. Installing Linux (Zorin Linux)
To do the 2 steps (unistall Windows and install Zorin) we followed this tutorial:
Download Zorin here (scroll down): https://zorinos.com/download/. It is 1.5 GB. It took me 40 minutes to download.
Zorin has an "ultimate version" that adds support and some apps they made. Those things aren't things I need, so I went with the free version. It is well worth paying for these things if you need them, and the price is currently only 20 pounds. Even if the price goes up, it is not bad to pay people who have spent and are spending a bunch of their time to create an alternative for you to use, while they also offer a free version.
Once you've downloaded Linux, you insert a DVD-R (or DVD-RW), or you can also do this with a flash drive instead of a CD. We'll use a CD for ours.
Right-click on the Zorin file and select "burn a disc image."
Once, your CD is burned, it will eject to let you know it's finished. Push it back in.
Power off your computer. Then power on, but press F2 (sometimes F2 doesn't work but F10 or F12 works) until BIOS opens up.
In BIOS, select Bootable and change the boot order so your CD-ROM moves to the top of the list (highlight it and press F5 until it moves up to the top). Press F10 to "save and exit."
Now your disk should be what your computer boots from. You should see a Linux screen come up. There are several screens you have to fill in information on for the installation, including asking for your password a few times. (Note: if you get stuck on the "installation screen" ie you can't click "continue," click "back and then "continue" again.
When the installation is complete (it took about 30 or so minutes on my computer), your computer will reboot. If it boots up, you've completed a Linux installation. If you see a screen that says "no bootable disk," you need to turn your computer off, turn on and press F2 until you enter BIOS again, and change a few things (here's a tutorial with pictures, and note also that if you can't access the "Secure Boot Mode" options, you need to "Set Supervisor Password" first, and then you can). After you change a couple of settings outlined in the itsfoss link, you press F10 to reboot again, and it should work.
Now you have Linux on your computer.
...
We'll be making blog posts to update our progress on using Linux instead of Windows. Because we're used to Windows, we expect we'll try to do things but will realize we can't do them that way. If you follow our blogs, you will probably find us solving these things before you run into them. Also, there'll hopefully be comments on this page from others who are doing this.
...
Here's a USB installer YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vq_v0oGPH8
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