How to get started with Ubuntu

22 Dec 2012 16:14:37 PST

I've been working with computers for decades but have zero experience with any form of Unix, Linux, or Ubuntu. I keep r ...

Re: download Ubuntu

25 Dec 2012 08:09:05 PST

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Thanks, Kees

25 Dec 2012 08:29:19 PST

Went there, did that, and am very happy with the results. I'd been using UBCD which I like, but it requires an XP SP1 i ...

WUBI installer

23 Dec 2012 09:28:21 PST

If you want to dual boot with UBUNTU, use the WUBI installer. There are several ways to use Linux Ubuntu/Kbuntu but the ...

Basically, all you need is a computer and the

22 Dec 2012 16:21:49 PST

ability to download Ubuntu

P ...

Well now it's not quite so simple

22 Dec 2012 16:42:52 PST

I went to download.com and typed in Ubuntu in the search window. At the top of the list was a PDF converter which I kno ...

hey,why don't you burn a disc from umbutu?

22 Dec 2012 17:17:15 PST

you don't have to install it, all you have to do is use it. Stop being so obnoxious and burn it to a disk, and use it an ...

Sorry to seem "obnoxious" but

22 Dec 2012 17:29:09 PST

I've never used anything like this before and I don't have a clue about Ubuntu. It may seem simple to you, but it's bew ...

if it wiped out 5 partitions,

22 Dec 2012 17:47:02 PST

it's because you told Linux to use your whole disc. ...

do you really think

22 Dec 2012 17:50:05 PST

unix and linux are the same ? maybe a good poll question of the week...Digger ...

you just run the program off of the disc

22 Dec 2012 18:27:34 PST

you do not install it on your hard drive ...

I went to the site you linked

22 Dec 2012 18:00:45 PST

and that is precisely where I downloaded my version of Umbutu, I put it on a dvd and use it whenever I want, without ins ...

again

22 Dec 2012 18:15:00 PST

I went to the site you linked and didn't go through 9 bewildering pages of different places, it asks you if you want to ...

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