New to Linux and CNC

Hi
I am so new to this all, so please excuse my ignorance and any stupidity.
I just happened to come across this site while thinking I should re-think loading and trying Linux.
Bordering on the old f#%t side of life, I have finally got the pluck up the courage and am busy doing the deed - downloading Ubuntu!
I have an old laptop that I ran as a navigational chart plotter and communication platform and decided to use it to try out Linux.
To further this I am busy building a router for myself, waiting for some parts to arrive and some are busy being machined.
I also have recently built a new desktop running windows 7 and will keep that as it is as it will cause less confusion with the home government (wife).
My old desktop will eventually be used for running the cnc router, running XP at present, but hope to convert it to a dual boot system with Linux and XP.
Having dived in with both feet, I will need lots of help and direction please.

Hi John
Thanks for the heads-up. I have stopped the down load from Ubuntu.
Please explain what i should download please

malgazz wrote:

Hi John
Thanks for the heads-up. I have stopped the down load from Ubuntu.
Please explain what i should download please

Earlier I was looking through the site and saw a page with ubuntu 10.04, I will look for it again.

Hi
I am busy downloading ubuntu 10.04 Lucid from the Ubuntu site.
The laptop's harddrive had crashed and have installed another, which I had formatted with windows7.
When starting up the laptop, it has a message -"boot msg is missing".
I found a programme DBAN, which has been running and seems to have sorted out the l/top.
My 10.04 Lucid download, will still run for a couple of hours, once done and burnt to disk, I will give it a whorl on the laptop and download and load Linux CNC afterwards. Which version should I be downloading?

I went to the news, clicked on Ubutu Linux 10.04& Linux cnc live cd.
On the next page, I clicked on live cd and got a redirect to Ubuntu's site.
Downloaded 10.04.4 LTS Lucid from their site.
Only now having read your last post, I see i should have clicked on "EU mirror".
I have got to the stage on my laptop where it says try or install Ubuntu.
Should I rather go back and download the EU mirror.
I am only starting to put my router together and nowhere near the electronics side of things yet.
I still have to purchase the electronics.
Yes any Cape Town contact would be appreciated if they want contact from me !!!!

Got you last post via my email notification cannot find it on the forum postings though.
I am not up to speed with all the acronyms. ISO????
I take it I am ok so far with my 10.04.4 LTS Lucid download and can go ahead.