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Having your own a Linux system offers a Linux student a great learning opportunity and gives you on your home computer provides access to a large library of open source software.<br>You can also install different versions of a Linux system including a graphical desktop version, server version, etc.
Installing your own version of Linux on your notebook or desktop computer at home also can also help for make it easier to practice working<br>in the Linux environment and learn how to perform routine Linux OS administration tasks.
''Steps in the Linux Installation Process:''
* '''Select a Linux Distribution''' and '''download''' a Linux Distribution Install '''ISO ''' file<br>to your Computer ('''Note:''' Be aware of any required Hardware Requirements for the Linux OS prior to installation.)
* '''Burn an Linux Distribution CD/DVD''', or '''USB''', or use '''downloaded file when creating a virtual machine'''.
* Once booted, the installation process '''transfers the live image to a disk (or flash memory)''' and configures the system.
* A '''boot menu''' allows the user to select the desired OS.
* This options provides a method to still use access your computer if one OS fails to boot-up.
* Most Linux distributions can access the Windows partition if your Windows OS cannot boot-up.
* This option is great for '''troubleshooting''': for example booting into other OS to confirm that you can connect to the Internet to rule-out hardware issues.
* Most recent multi-core processors support virtualization.
* The virtualized OS is installed and run in a window under another OS.
* The installation can usually be completed accomplished from an ISO image.* One or more virtual machines can be run at the same time . The guest OS shares the hardware with the host OS and possibly other virtualized systems.
* Special software is used to manage the entire process, referred to as the “hypervisor”.
* The guest systems have network access through the host.
