What Dell? How much memory, what size hard drive, cpu, etc? One question is unclear, is the HDD good or not. You
say it is not working, then say you want to use it somewhere else. ??? Ubuntu, Mandriva, or Xandros are free (if you have broadband) ,easy to install and use. Suse is all of the above except free. But keep in mind, Linux requires a user to learn how to use it. It is easier than it used to be(much), but still takes some effort. It can be frustrating till you learn enough to understand the process. The more you learn, the more you know how to look for the information you need. Hope this helps. chuck
I have an old dell desktop lying around in my office. Can I take out the hdd that is not working and put a fresh new one in and install Ubuntu? If it is possible to reuse the hdd not working in my dell, can i still install UBUNTU on it?
And also my I ask, is Ubuntu hard to install? Can you descibe what you have to do to properley install it. One otherthing, do you have to activate or register it like windows?
Thank you very much!

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