1.2. How to Run GNU/Linux on windows
Install Qemu and run it. You will see a menu like the one in the screenshot. First select C to create and image file.
Follow the screenshot, I chose chris for the name, 500MB for the image size and raw as the format. Don't worry about this for now, we can always change it later.
You should be back at the menu, this time press i for iso/cd. Open the window where you have the ISO image stored and drag it onto the window and press enter. It will ask if you want to boot from this iso, just press y.
You should be back at the menu with your image listed, press 1 and you should see GNU/Linux booting as if you just booted from CD. It will take a minute, just watch and learn till the graphical desktop loads.
That was easy, we're all done. So lets take a look at dynebolic. The famous GNU General Public License.
Getting started, some options to configure your system.
A look at the menu and the web browsers we can use.
A look at the menu and the chat clients we can use.
It automatically setup the network so here's browsing the web using dynebolic and windows at the same time.
I have apache running on windows so here's cross-platform web development
There's a lot of other software to look at, here's one of the programs I found interesting.
So visit Dynebolic.org for a proper review of the distribution. I think Damn Small Linux is the better option if your using an old computer and your concerned about speed. Here's a collection of screenshots I put together for EdNA online.