Thanx alot greywolf and stewbound.
I would like to install ubuntu.
I would also like to know if I can install it side by side my windows 7 or to install it on a different partition altogether.
You could always buy a Raspberry Pi computer for less than £30 learn on that. I have my RPi running headless connected directly into my router, you can then use SSH to login to the RPi and use Linux for whatever you want to do.