UBUNTU O/S-Go Open Source

John French explains..

Here's how to get your open source on. It's very doable. First link
explains how to install ubuntu linux on your machine while keeping
windows on it (you get the option which one you want to boot into when
you switch the machine on. ).

http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing


Here's the ubuntu studio website.
http://ubuntustudio.org/

It's basically a souped-up version of ordinary ubuntu. Once you've
done the basic ubuntu install, you can upgrade to studio by doing what
this guy says:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/UpgradingFromFeisty