elementary OS is beautiful Linux operating system based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with its own desktop environment, called Pantheon. It is quite popular in open source community. Since it is base on Ubuntu it is compatible with the most Ubuntu application.
Before you proceed this guide, it is important for you to shrink your windows partition to free some space for elementary OS. Please follow the post "Easily Shrink A Volume On A Windows 7 Disk" to do that.
1. Download .iso File
First thing to do before proceed to the next step is go to elementary OS download page. On their website you will be asked to purchase the OS with some optional prices.
If you want to help developer, you can choose the price above. But if want this OS for free choose Custom and fill with 0 (zero) and click Purchase elementary OS then choose your download, 32 or 64 bits.
2. Create USB Installation
To create USB Installation please follow my guide "How to Create Linux Live USB Using rufus On Windows"
3. Boot Your Live Usb
After creating live USB, reboot your system. Go to boot option, right after your computer start to boot hit special key to go to this option. It could be one of F1-F12 keys or even Delete or Esc key depends on your machine manufacture.
From this menu, select Removable media and press Enter.
4. Install elementary OS
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Select your language and click Install elementary. You can also choose Try elementary and install it later to make sure your machine is working well with elementary.
On the picture above you have options to download update while installing and Install third-party software. Check the box if you want to get update and get some plugins, or you can uncheck them to save installation time. Check those option will add extra hours moreover if your internet connection is slow as mine. Uncheck them is safe, since you can do those option after you finish installation.
Click continue.
Now choose Something else. This option allow you to create and modify partition.
Click continue.
On the next screen you will see windows NTFS partitions. (sorry i can't provide the correct picture since i install elementary on virtual box).
Choose free space and click plus (+) button. Let's create swap partition first.
Decide the size of swap partition. 4 gb will be enough for the system with more than 4 gb memory installed.
Click on "Use as" box and from the drop down menu select "swap area".
Click OK to create swap area.
Select free space again and click plus (+) button to create /root partition.
Select the mount point, from dropdown menu select / .
Click OK
It will prompt you some warning, click continue.
Select your region click continue.
Select keyboard layout.
Now fill the form with your information to create username and password.
After all steps above, the rest of the installation proceeds without requiring any other input.
If I install this on a third drive will it also find Fedora KDE on a separate drive?
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