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This is what I'm told to download "You will need a working Linux Distro with Nautilus". I've never used Linux and know nothing about it.

I've got a Windows 8 on my computer. Do I make this a dual boot system, and can I install it to a USB 3 32Gig Flash Drive and run it from that?

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To answer your first question (the other question is already covered in more than one place on this site), yes, Ubuntu includes Nautilus, which is part of Gnome, which is what Ubuntu is based on.

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nautilus is, as the tag wiki tells you, a file manager, and in fact the standard file manager for ubuntu.

So, this means: Yes, Ubuntu is a distro with nautilus.

As for your second question, please refer to this question explaining how to set up a dual-boot Windows/Ubuntu, or the ubuntu website for instructions on creating a bootable USB drive.

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Download an Ubuntu iso, but not a KDE version (or Nautilus won't be installed).

Burn it to dvd.

Reboot computer with dvd in driver.

Now, you have Linux without installing. Give it a test drive.

Nautilus is the program used to find files. It's that window that pop up that allows to navigate in and out of directories and see files that are in them. You can drag and drop files to other windows.

If you want to install to a usb:

  1. Boot Ubuntu DVD, or if already running Ubuntu live go to next step,
  2. open terminal.
  3. enter: sudo apt-get update
  4. enter: sudo apt-get usb-creater (hit tab to see which is for your system before hitting enter)
  5. Finish with this tutorial: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
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