Do you have to be Psychic to use Ubuntu ?

Far from impressed with this so far.
Its downloaded but what do you do next ?
How do you open it up ??

 

hah trust me if i can do it you can but i'm currently in the process of getting a new linux because it is apparently better although ubuntu wasent BAD just i dont like the layout basically

anyway how did u download ubuntu?

Wolf

 

Thanks for the reply.
Downloaded it from the Oxford University site onto a specially prepared partition on one of my hard drives.
FBW

 

well what i did was downloaded wubi and that installes it right on windows and when i boot up it askes me which os i want but in order to do what u did i believe u'd burn it to a cd then boot it and when asked chose the partition I BELIEVE that would work

Wolf

 

Thanks Wolf I'll give it a try.........
Cheers
FBW

 

good luck

 

hey how did u make a partiton and was it free because i need to also for this new linux

Wolf

 

Psychic, no. Linux will not hold your hand, it requires a certain amount of RTFM.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation

If you want to run Linux, expect to be reading a lot.

 

Point taken about RTFM

Wolfx28
The partition software was a freebie on the front of one of our monthly computer magazines over here in the UK (Paragon Partition manager 8.5).
Seemed to work very well.
If you look on this site for free software i think there is a similar download.

Regards to you both.
FBW

 

they seem to be all demos
unless u could link me to a free one

Wolf

 

actually thats what i have but it says it's a demo but anyways i went through it all had to restart it did it's thing i log into windows and it isint partitioned???

GRRR

Wolf

 

Wolf, if you have 650-700 MB ox space, download the ISO of any Distro.

using CD Burner software, make an iso image and it will usually be a boot image. Place in your CD and reboot your system. The Linux software should help with partitioning.

Other good new Linuxes include Knoppix, and Gentoo. Any linux is fully customized to how YOU want it to work. My Kubuntu system is a full desktop replacement, but I have spent hours finding how to fix it when I break it. That becomes half the fun.

 

yeah i got everything running with PCLinuxOS2007 actualyl i really love it just i kinda did soemthing with the partition of my c drive and it wont boot

i get this message

root)hd0,0)
file system unknown partitioning type 0x7
make active
chain loader +1

cant boot to windows!!

Wolf

 

Just to add, as a lot of users get confused at this step, we've GOT an .ISO image, and we want to burn it. We can't JUST burn it though, as often, users end up with a disc with a useless .ISO image.

We need a CD burner app with the ability to translate the .ISO image into the disc's contents. Many people have Nero, which is capable of this. I prefer ImgBurn which is meant specifically for this task.

 

www.canonical.com, will send u a free installation cd of version 7.04 " feisty fawn," if u want to solve some of your probs. they will ask u for some info. and mail u this super o.s., takes usually about 3 wk.s. have fun. i did, everything works fine. take care! wrongway

 

The easiest way (because it's the only way I know) is dl it, burn an image CD and run it live to get a feel for it. From there, install it while you're there.
Almost forgot, back up important stuff in your other OSs first.
Crazylegs