Ubuntu?

[Totally-A-Hero]

So i am building a new PC and i dont have all of the money.Im gradully building twoards it and i have enogh to cover everything but windows.If i installed ubutu or linux on a SSD could i change it to windows?

[Moredeath]

PSH You could always download Windows (not pirate, definitely not pirate  

[nixproducer]

yes you could install it until you get windows but then if you wanted it on the SSD you would have to uninstall it then install windows

[dmacd1331]

yes, however it would not be like an upgrade. You would have to backup the files you wanted to keep during the switch and use something like gparted to change the partitions of you hdd because windows partition manager won't recognize ext3,4 which I would use for a Linux system.

[Totally-A-Hero]

yes, however it would not be like an upgrade. You would have to backup the files you wanted to keep during the switch and use something like gparted to change the partitions of you hdd because windows partition manager won't recognize ext3,4 which I would use for a Linux system.

English plz.

[Totally-A-Hero]

yes you could install it until you get windows but then if you wanted it on the SSD you would have to uninstall it then install windows

Is this hard?

[nixproducer]

Is this hard?

well you would have to wipe the SSD clean which isn't hard at all, i have done it before using DBAN and it was pretty easy to do

[dmacd1331]

ext3 and ext4 is a file system that linux systems work off of common ones for windows are fat32 and ntfs

 

gparted is a partition managing software for linux

 

and the upgrade if you go from win 7 to win 8 you can do an upgrade and still retain you system files but you would not be able to do this in a scenario that is ubuntu to win 8

[Totally-A-Hero]

So if i back up the SSD then i can just wipe it clean and then install windows?

[dmacd1331]

yup just back up the files you want to keep, wipe the drive, and install windows.

[kirashi]

So if i back up the SSD then i can just wipe it clean and then install windows?

 

Yes, that is correct. You can even do it from the Windows installer by using diskpart, no linux/gparted experience required.

[Totally-A-Hero]

Should i use linux or Ubuntu? Or should i just wait untill i get enough money and purchase it at the same time? I mainly just play games.

[Pidagad]

Gaming on Linux is mainly a bad idea. You have to run the games in wine and especially with the bad driver support for AMD graphics cards the games will (if at all) run badly. 

 

I don't know how long you have to wait until you have the money to buy windows, but you can use windows for 30 (or 60?) days without entering a key without any further compromises... 

 

[ I don't know if you can do this in the US but what I would do if i were in your situation would be to go to a scrapyard and ask if they can give you the windows xp license sticker of one of the old pc's standing around there...you would still have to re-install when buying win 7/8 but gaming would work much better   ]

[joenewbie]

I would use Ubuntu or some other Linux distro were it not for gaming.  *sigh* 

[Panda689]

Should i use linux or Ubuntu? Or should i just wait untill i get enough money and purchase it at the same time? I mainly just play games.

The cool thing about most linux distros is you don't have to install them to try them out, simply burn the iso to a CD/DVD or make a bootable usb drive and boot into that device, it will give you a live linux environment to try it out and you can then install it from within that environment if you like what you see. Personally I love Linux Mint and ElementaryOS as a daily OS, but gaming is still limited right now no matter the distro. If you really only game just install windows and don't activate it I believe you have 60(maybe 30) days before you have to activate it, so hopefully in that time you can get enough money.

[LarsReviews]

You could try http://elementaryos.org/ . It looks pretty (like a unicorn on a rainbow) and for me it work better than Ubuntu and it works with Steam. 

 

or like that...

[Totally-A-Hero]

So i can use windows 8 for free for 60 days? Then buy windows and install it? Also there is that $41 deal floating around the forums would that work or is that only for upgrades?

[LarsReviews]

So i can use windows 8 for free for 60 days? Then buy windows and install it? Also there is that $41 deal floating around the forums would that work or is that only for upgrades?

 

I think you can only use Windows 8 Enterprise for a Trial Version. But I am not sure if you can upgrade that to Pro or Standard. 

[Panda689]

So i can use windows 8 for free for 60 days? Then buy windows and install it? Also there is that $41 deal floating around the forums would that work or is that only for upgrades?

Windows 7 HP for sure, Windows 8 standard/pro I am not 100% but I believe so, all you do is install and skip activation(I haven't installed Win8 in a while )

[ruitti99]

So i can use windows 8 for free for 60 days? Then buy windows and install it? Also there is that $41 deal floating around the forums would that work or is that only for upgrades?

The price is currently 26.75 USD

https://www.g2a.com/windows-8-professional-32-64-bit-cd-key-global.html

[Totally-A-Hero]

The price is currently 26.75 USD

https://www.g2a.com/windows-8-professional-32-64-bit-cd-key-global.html

Could i use this on a brand new computer that has no OS?

[Pidagad]

It seems as if you can't use Windows 8 without a key at all (sorry, my fault). I've read several times, that it is possible to use Windows 7 for 90/120 Days by resetting the 30 day trial. 

[mgsstar]

Could i use this on a brand new computer that has no OS?

Yes you could download the ISO file from the links that they provide on your ubuntu, burn it on a disk, and boot using the disk to install windows. But you would have to install Ubuntu so you can have a place to download and burn your file if this is what you are asking.

[Totally-A-Hero]

Yes you could download the ISO file from the links that they provide  your ubuntu, burn it on a disk, and boot using the disk to install windows. But you would have to install Ubuntu so you can have a place to download and burn your file if this is what you are asking.

Okay so download Linux and then buy it burn it on a disk and then install it?

[mgsstar]

Okay so download Linux and then buy it burn it on a disk and then install it?

Yea it says that the download links for Windows 8 are included so you should be able to download it in Ubuntu. So use Ubuntu to download your Windows ISO (should be an .iso file) and burn it using Ubuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto