# Installing Installing most Linux Distributions nowadays is quite easy, and is usually a guided process Though, before installing, make sure to enter "Test Mode" or "Live Mode", and see if your hardware works (Other than Nvidia GPUs) <span style="font-size:12px;color:grey">If you didn't get a menu to select this, and you're just seeing a mostly blank Desktop, then you're already in "Test Mode"</span> Once you've verified your hardware works, look around, use it a little bit, and see if you like it :) If you like the OS, you can proceed to installation. The installation program is usually linked on the desktop somewhere, on in the Applications Menu. ### The rest of the installation process is guided by the OS. *[Linux Distribution]: An Operating System made using Linux *[Linux Distributions]: Operating Systems made using Linux *[Linux Distros]: Operating Systems made using Linux *[Linux Distro]: An Operating System made using Linux *[Wayland]: A modern Display Server Protocol, which is aimed at replacing X.org *[ootb]: Out Of The Box (By Default) *[PipeWire]: Software for Multimedia processing on Linux *[PipeWire-Pulse]: An addition to Pipewire, which adds Audio functionality compatible with PulseAudio *[PulseAudio]: An older Audio implementation used on Linux, which has been mostly replaced by PipeWire *[Offline Upgrades]: Upgrades/Updates, which reboot the PC to apply