Installing Linux Ubuntu
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6
Having read the above article I've been thinking about installing Linux on my PC which is currently running WindowsXP. I bought an mac laptop and so the PC is pretty much redundant, hence I'm not concerned about losing data etc
Wondered if anyone has any advice/comments to pass on.. Is it a tricky thing to install? I'm familiar with reinstalling Windows but never played with Linux before..!
Having read the above article I've been thinking about installing Linux on my PC which is currently running WindowsXP. I bought an mac laptop and so the PC is pretty much redundant, hence I'm not concerned about losing data etc
Wondered if anyone has any advice/comments to pass on.. Is it a tricky thing to install? I'm familiar with reinstalling Windows but never played with Linux before..!
Dead easy.
The CD image is a live boot CD, so it'll run up without touching your HD. Once running, you can play with it, and if you like it you can hit the install image.
I believe it will attempt to import your windows settings if it can, but obviously I'd suggest backing everything you may want to keep up somewhere, just in case.
If you want a lure in, I'm running Ubuntu on a fairly dated PC at the moment, and I'm using Beryl as a window manager.
What does this mean? Well, if you like eye candy, my desktop looks a little like this.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRf
(although mines not quite as "mac-like"
Beware that I spent an hour or so getting my Nvidia FX5200 talking to my LCD screen correctly, but talking to people it appears to just be me that suffers from this.....
The CD image is a live boot CD, so it'll run up without touching your HD. Once running, you can play with it, and if you like it you can hit the install image.
I believe it will attempt to import your windows settings if it can, but obviously I'd suggest backing everything you may want to keep up somewhere, just in case.
If you want a lure in, I'm running Ubuntu on a fairly dated PC at the moment, and I'm using Beryl as a window manager.
What does this mean? Well, if you like eye candy, my desktop looks a little like this.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7QraljRf
(although mines not quite as "mac-like"
Beware that I spent an hour or so getting my Nvidia FX5200 talking to my LCD screen correctly, but talking to people it appears to just be me that suffers from this.....
neilesh86 said:
Wondered if anyone has any advice/comments to pass on.. Is it a tricky thing to install? I'm familiar with reinstalling Windows but never played with Linux before..!
Everybody who understands what a partition is, can install Linux. The major distributions are even easier to install than windows, because they bring most drivers and the most important software.
Personally, when I discovered Linux for the first time (SuSE 7.2), I was most impressed by the choice of software that came with it, and I have since learned how to use it in my daily work.
Go here: www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
Download 7.04 for x86 and burn it to disc.
Run the disc from boot and play with it - things to check are hardware compatability. Performance won't be great because you are running from CD.
If you like it, hit install on the desktop and bang, you'll be all linux-ed up in about twenty minutes or so.
If the machine can't handle the live CD (one of my laptops had trouble), get the text-based installer and go with that instead.
Download 7.04 for x86 and burn it to disc.
Run the disc from boot and play with it - things to check are hardware compatability. Performance won't be great because you are running from CD.
If you like it, hit install on the desktop and bang, you'll be all linux-ed up in about twenty minutes or so.
If the machine can't handle the live CD (one of my laptops had trouble), get the text-based installer and go with that instead.
Possibly even better is to build a VMware image using the instructions here www.tanguay.info/web/tutorial.php?idCode=installUbuntuOnVmware
No messing about with dual boot etc. Takes less than 10Gb of disk space.
I just did it this evening, including the downloads it took about 3 hours.
No messing about with dual boot etc. Takes less than 10Gb of disk space.
I just did it this evening, including the downloads it took about 3 hours.
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