Ubuntu 7.04 is now available.

[3nipples]

Already ordered, but thanks anyway

 

[190E]

How would one going about installing this alongside XP that's already been installed?

 

[190E]

What do you mean by spare partitions? I've never been really big on the programming side of computers, but I can put one together like no one's business.

 

[3nipples]

If you already have several partitions on your PC then liberate at least one of them; otherwise do a cleanup of stuff you don't need, defrag, backup and then split your drive into a windows and an empty partition.

You could also just buy a new drive...

Anyways, the LINUX installation program will take care of the rest and you will end up with a boot loader that pops up a window when you start your PC giving you the choice of starting Windows or Linux.

Ubuntu is the best Linux distribution of the several th<t I've tried over the years and it has a very good forum with lots of helpful and nice people.

 

[190E]

Well, on my laptop I have an eighty gig drive with two partitions, one has XP on it, and the other just has data from XP on it. It's got a sempron 3000+ processor with 512 MB of Ram, right now the built in video card has 32MB shared memory.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

/\ You'll have to ask T-rex for sure, but i would imagine ubuntu will setup partitions for you at what ever size you say (although it will likely recommend the size) and it will ask you during installation if you want to dual boot, other than telling it yes you do and yes to the partitions, I don't think you the user will have to do anything. You'll just need to make sure you have a few gigs of free space on the drive for ubuntu to work with.

 

[looseliam]

I'm looking forward to the native support for windows networks. No more samba clients. Maybe I'll replace my solaris box with ubuntu. We'll see. =]

190E, consolidate your data and use partition magic as mentioned above.

Be keen on where the partition sits on your physical drive and the sizes. Sometimes it gets confusing when configuring slices.

The install should recognise that you've another os installed and configure the boot loader accordingly.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

i'll wait till this weekend and try to download it and i'll see how it goes and see if it is better thank knoppix or not

 

[mike_n_herrin]

Since i don't like gnome, i'm downloading kubuntu now. 34% done. it's going reasonably fast. the server issue must have been addressed, or there are just tons fewer people using kubuntu.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

Well my first attempt at burning kubuntu failed. the disc ended up with errors. i just burnt it again so i'm hoping it wasn't the ISO that has the error. i'm going to try and reboot into it now.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

Well got the CD burnt. I'm in it now. None of my hard drives show up. the only icon on the desktop is the install one. So...i can't say i like it. lol based on that. i can't test out any of my media files since they are all on the hard drives. i tried to look at a few video's here on JUB and they don't work. I can hear some of the standard sounds so at least my sound card works, but no sound on youtube videos. i don't see anything for my TV turner...sorry T. I'm a knoppix man. Knoppix just works.

 

[mike_n_herrin]

/\ i have all IDE drives. never had a sata yet. although my intel D865PERL mobo does have SATA connectors on it. I was looking at a 500 GB SATA drive last week at best buy but decided against it.

ps what is the song playing in that first most cool youtube video you posted?

 

[mike_n_herrin]

/\ you're so good to me.

 

[Apollo]

Apple Spoof Ad's for Linux

 

[Heartbreak]

So if I download unbuntu 7.04 from that site it'll work fine? how long does it last? if I download it will I lose any data or anything?

 

[mike_n_herrin]

/\ first download it and burn the ISO image file to a CD. ISO files have to be burnt in a somewhat special way. So if you've never burnt an ISO file, check in with us again and we'll walk you through it (we'll need to know what CD/DVD burning software you have thought). Then once you've done that you can try ubuntu 7.04 out as a "live" cd and see if it works with everything in your computer. Running Linux live means it runs all off the CD and does absolutely nothing to your hard drive so there is no chance running live will mess anything up. To run it live though your computer will need to be able to boot off a CD. if you put in the CD after you've burnt it and restart your computer and linux starts going, then you are all good. you'll just pick the first boot up option on the CD and then try it out. you can run it off the CD for as long as you like, it doesn't expire or anything.

Then if you decide you want to install it along with your Windows system (i'm assuming you have windows and not a Mac) ubuntu will install along side it so that after you install it everytime you start your computer it will ask you if you want to go to windows or ubunutu. Since anytime you install an operating system there is a chance something could go wrong, you should back up any data you can't afford to lose. most of the time nothing goes wrong and it will be fine. but you should know there is always a chance to lose data even if it's a small chance. after you install it, again you can use it for as long as you like. or upgrade to the next version (again for free) when it comes out in about 6 months. upgrades are free

ubuntu does not work with my computer. it never has. it can't detect my hard drives, TV card, etc when i run it live so i've never installed it. without it seeing my hard drives I can't access any of my data so it's useless to me. i do however run another version of linux called Knoppix. you can download that also and burn the ISO to a CD and run it "live" to see if you like that also. many popular linux versions are like that these days. often you can get the popular ones already on a CD if you have a book store that has linux magazines, like barnes and nobels or waldenbooks, or B dalton books something like that.

feel free to ask any other questions t-rex is our resident linux expert so i'm sure he can answer your questions if one of the rest of us can't.

here is the first screen you will see when you run off the ubuntu CD.

 

[dfwjacker]

Nice to see other ubuntu users her on JUB.
I've been using ubuntu since Hoary 5.04.
Feisty 7.04 great! I've been testing the 7.04 development version for a couple of months prior to this release and it works very well.

If you are new to Linux and open source software there are a few things you should know before you consider trying it out.

1. Ubuntu is NOT Windows and is NOT Mac OS. Though, It's just as easy or easier to use than Windows or Mac OS, provided you realize that it's different and take the time to learn the difference.
2. Ubuntu Linux is free as in beer and free as in freedom and is currently used by millions of people around the world. There is a new version released every six months. There are no software keys or activations needed. Make copies of the install CD and give them to your friends & family or use ubuntu for your business or organization. You can even hand out copies out on the street if you want. It's all permitted by the license.
3. Ubuntu will run on both PCs & Macs including 64bit systems.
3. Most of the software you will ever need to install and use is also free and open source. Ubuntu is preinstalled and ready to go with multimedia and office software (OpenOffice). If you enjoy paying for expensive, proprietary software ubuntu linux is not for you, but I'll be happy to take your money
4. You can test drive the Live CD without installing it on your computer. Just boot up your computer with the install CD. It wont install anything unless you choose to install.
5. It is fast & simple to install and very easy to use.
6. You'll be getting your support from a community of users/developers rather than a company and you'll have a chance to help others as well. The Ubuntu community is terrific at solving problems and helping people new to Linux.
7. Unlike Windows and Mac... Ubuntu will automatically keep your entire system up-to-date, iincluding all of your installed applications.
8. Choose from thousands of free applications in the ubuntu software repository that you can search/install/update/uninstall with just a couple of mouse clicks.
9. Linux is tough on security... you will be safe from viruses, spyware and malicious scripts that plague Windows users.
10. Lots of hardware will work right out of the box... No need to download and install drivers like you do with Windows.
11. You can run many Windows applications and games in ubuntu using WINE if you can't find a suitable alternative in the ubuntu software repositories.
12. Sharing files and printers with Windows/Mac/Linux machines is simple and easy.

The list goes on and on... If you have any questions let me know.

 

[Heartbreak]

Thanks for typing all that out!

one more question how do you burn a iso file on a disk. im somewhat clueless when it comes to computers

 

[dfwjacker]

Thanks for typing all that out!

one more question how do you burn a iso file on a disk. im somewhat clueless when it comes to computers

After you download the ISO, you open whatever application you use for CD burning, i.e., Nero, and choose to write from an image file. Then select the ISO file, insert a blank disc and burn it.

 

[Apollo]

you know. after watching a linux preview on youtube and the way you guys talk about it, i am gonna try out the live version. i am gonna assume the live version is the first choice in this picture