This is a step-by-step guide to install Linux on your hard drive. Try this on an old machine or a iaptop first. before choosing to migrate Linux to your desktop. There are methods of trying out a distro before installing it. which includes using a Virtual machine like Virtual Box. which is explained later on. Another way is to try out a Live CD. or boot from the CD itself. This works for the DVD and CD isos of most modern distros. but not all. In fact. some distros are only live versions and cannot be installed. This is a step-by-step guide to install Linux Mint, but the procedure is essentially the same for most distros.

The first step in any Linux installation will be choosing a language. Most distros ship with a number of Languages. and European languages are the most established with a large community support base for each distro. Choose English as the language. and go to the next step .

Step 2 involves selecting a time zone. Normally a world map. with a magnifying glass appears. Click on India. and Kolkata or Calcutta will be selected automatically. Even if you live in any other city. this is the standard time zone for Indians across most of computing. Make sure that you have not selected Colombo or some other city by mistake. Also make sure that you select Kolkata after zooming in.

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The next step is selecting the keyboard layout, which is USA-USA for the standard QWERTY keyboard. Advanced options are available include mapping individual keys, so it is possible to take out all the keys on the keyboard, put them back in different locations, and remap the keyboard. Just because you can do it, you don't have to.

Step 4 is creating a partition table for installation. Don't worry at this step, if you have chosen to install Linux on your hard drive, you probably have backed up all the data that is important. If not, then install Linux by using Virtual Box, and skip this method. By default, Linux makes space for itself from the space available. This is done by resizing an existing partition.

Instead of this, choose Guided and use the entire disk At this point you can click on Manual, which allows you to demolish the existing partitions and create new ones. To keep things simple. you can choose to use the entire hard disk as one partition, or split it up into two partitions .