beginner in linux
 

you can burn to usb many linux distros with unetbootin

most distros have a usb install image
but depending on WHAT ONE you are going to install
the instructions maybe different

for a new Linux user you might want to look into using Ubuntu or Mint

on a "notebook" and not a high end laptop "Mint Linux" would be a good choice

OpenSUSE 11.3( i use it) would be a VERY bad choice for a "notebook"
suse NEEDS and MUST have a very high end machine to run well

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You can use, as stated, UNETBOOTIN but i would also like to suggest, pendrivelinux.

Ubuntu Netbook is designed to be more suitable for netbooks (which have small screens and typically less computing power). It has nothing to do with having a CD drive of not, and it will run on anything, not just netbooks.

It seems like you think a netbook and notebook are the same, but they're not. A netbook is basically a very small, low-power notebook designed mostly for web browsing (hence the term netbook).

First of all, quit using bold. It's very irritating.

Forget about it. How do you expect a Microsoft tool and a Windows compiler to run on Linux?

If you are doing C# development, check out MonoDevelop (Mono is an open-source Linux implementation of .NET).

If you use C++, there are many choices, such as Code::Blocks, KDevelop, etc.

And remember that an IDE isn't necessary, you can always use a plain text editor and command line tools.

if you NEED to use Microsoft's patented version of BASIC -- MS "Visual Basic"(cr)
then run in on a MS operating system

Check these out:

• http://www.winehq.org/
• http://www.linuxalt.com/

Really thanks for all, and know i learn a little
but what programs should install it after i will install ubuntu?
an ex: after i install windows , i install media player,realplayer,directx,media player classic, mozilla,photoshop,windows live messenger, yahooo, microsoft office etc...

Equivalents for all those come preinstalled in Ubuntu.

That's not true, everything including the man pages need to installed in Ubuntu, either through Synaptic or whatever means.

???????????????

When I install Ubuntu, it comes with a lot of applications and I can use it right away.

and what are those applications?

I've installed Ubuntu two times till now and had to restore to Suse, because Ubuntu was dependent on the internet, for
all the basic needs of mine.

LibreOffice, Firefox, etc.

What do you mean "dependent on the internet"?

And actually the installer does use dpkg to install things behind the scenes, what i meant is that you don't have to install it manually.

1- Now I want to understand something, The Applications will work on Ubuntu like as [ media player,realplayer,directx,media player classic, mozilla,photoshop,windows live messenger, yahooo, microsoft office etc...] or will not work? If the answer is no. Is there any alternative programs?????
2- What are the problems that i will experience it after i will install Ubuntu???

equivilent media players, VLC replaces ALL of the above mentioned media player programs and will play almost any videos format not encumbered with DRM as well as unencrypted dvds and with dvdcss/decss can even play quite a few encrypted dvds

windows live messenger? there are programs like pidgin that handle multiple messenger protocols or amsn that is windows live specific


microsoft office? open office, which is compatible with microsoft office

photoshop? the gimp

problems? there will be a small bit of a learning curve since the interface is slightly different then windows, as well as some of the methodologies (everything is installed through central repositories accessable through a package manager instead of going to individual websites, downloading the programs a and running an installer, this includes drivers which are part of the kernel and the update manager is in charge of updating everything installed on the system, not individual programs responsible for updating themselves, or having to go to the website, download an update program and run it)

TRY to read my post number 10.

the MICROSOFT ONLY !!! programs run on MICROSOFT ONLY !!!

directx- is MS ONLY and ONLY runs on windows ( some dx8 is supported in wine )
media player classic - is a MICROSOFT ONLY program
photoshop - is Microsoft & apple ONLY ONLY program
microsoft office - is MICROSOFT only and old versions for apple
windows live messenger-- Microsoft ONLY

yahoo - os independent

------- ubuntu and others ------
most Linux OS's have most things already installed
video player - totem,or gmplayer ,or VLC
music player -- banchee and a few others
photo editing - Gimp ,gthumb,digiKam ,...
office -- koffice , or libreOffice 3.3 ( was openoffice)

im client - a few are auto installed - i never liked them and never use them


you might want to do some research , it looks like you have not done much
PC Mag and PC World ( both windows magazines) has a bunch of articles
one editor at the Microsoft MOSTLY mag - PCMag is MS FREE ( except for only one program needed for his publisher )
http://www.linux.com/
has a few blog posts
http://www.linux.com/learn
http://www.linux.com/learn/new-user-guides

@ Anisha Kaul
My Ubuntu came with Firefox, Open Office, a media player and even a video editor. And a bunch of other stuff (including the man pages). And of course the Software Center if I want to browse through applications. But yes, installing stuff usually requires downloading it first... So you need internet for whatever isn't there.

I don't know which Ubuntu you are talking of, but I installed Ubuntu 9.04,

no man pages
no *working* media player
no gcc, g++, gdb
no emacs
no chm reader
no open office

ubuntu 9.04 is old, the current version is 10.10
that being said you may not have installed it properly because i had openoffice and man pages
though i forget if gcc was installed by default or if it had to be added