[SGVLUG] how to download and install a free linux distribution?

Wed Apr 19 09:41:46 PDT 2017

Like Ubuntu etc.? My understanding is download the distribution, get it on an USB and boot on the computer. Is the downloaded distribution bootable without further tingling?Any recommendation other than Ubuntu?
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