Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeWindows 7 replaced Vista in 2009. That means your laptop is at least 4 years old and may be having a hardware problem or something has corrupted the OS on the hard drive. Have you tried any diagnostics on it, especially the hard drive? Or, have you tried reinstalling Vista?
The most popular Linux distribution, according to Distrowatch, is Linux Mint . It's based on Ubuntu with extra software included. I recommend you try the "Live" DVD to see if it's your laptop is compatible. When you boot to a "Live" capable DVD you will get a menu selection asking whether you want to install or boot to the OS just using the DVD. "Live" will be have a little slower response but you can see if it will run on your laptop.
Apple purchased the rights to use BSD (Berlkey Software Development) for their OS X. If you're interested in going that way try "FreeBSD" (#15 on Distrowatch).
Linux, BSD, and Solaris (also free and # 90 on Distrowatch) are all Unix based OSs.
ALL OSs are susceptible to Malware/Trojan/Virus attacks. You still must be careful of where you visit and what you allow to be installed. You can get Antivirus software for Linux and OS X.
If you choose to download a Linux distro you will get an "ISO". For example Mint 15 Kde 64-bit is a 1.29 GB file. You cannot just copy the file to a DVD. You have to make an "image". Then you can set the laptop BIOS to boot to DVD and away you go.
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