This chapter is from the book
Not So Tough Installs
As you can see, installing Linux isn't difficult, but it does vary from distribution to distribution. The thing to remember is that every distribution has similar steps such as language, keyboard, and mouse selection. All distributors ask you about dealing with disk partitions and offer to do it for you if you would rather keep it simple. For the most part, it's just a matter of accepting the defaults and clicking Next.