What is a common method of installing Linux?

Answer 1

Download or buy installation CD.

Lots of time they have thing call LIVE CD where you can boot from CD without installing to HD to test it out.

It can be installed on pen drive or external harddrive too.

It is not recommended but it can be installed on top of windows drive.

Installation will take longer, but if you want thing fastest you will want to install on few separate partitions.

Answer 2

Usually a Linux distribution will have its own installer, and make the whole process pretty simple and easy, even the partitioning.

Some, however, would rather you do things more manually, set up filesystems yourself, copy packages over or invoke the package manager through a chroot, and configure the system yourself.

The most common thread between the two methods is using the package manager at the core to install the distribution.

Answer 3

The most common installation methods for conducting an installation of a Linux distribution is the usage of an installation medium or a live medium with a builtin installer. Optionionally, there are computer manufacturers that do ship computers with Linux pre-installed.

Answer 4

There are installation discs for which disc images can be downloaded and burned to a CD or DVD. Alternatively you can install the installer onto a flash drive.

Another option is a "live" CD, a special type of bootable image that runs almost entirely out of your system's RAM, thus not requiring a installation. In most cases this is useful for trying out a specific distribution without actually installing it, or use it as a diagnostic tool to aid in the repair of your ailing computer. Certain "live" images do contain scripts that help you install the distribution if need be (a case in point is Ubuntu-based distributions).

Answer 5

The most common method is to boot from an install CD or DVD.

Answer 6

most people download a disk image for the distro they want, and burn it to a cd. or you can write it to a flashdrive and boot from that.