Ubuntu Linux

Install Ubuntu Linux

1.Why Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is the most popular free Linux and very easy to use.

We have an old laptop ( Toshiba Satellite A105-S4254 Genuine Intel® CPU T2050 @ 1.60GHz × 2 ) and it had been too slow with Windows even to just take a look the news from the Internet. It had been in the corner for a few years.  I just had a try to put Ubuntu in it before throw it into trash and it works just great.

So if you feel your computer is too old, too slow, too many viruses, … then, simple, just switch to Ubuntu Linux. It’s free, and there are lots of software for Ubuntu to download also for free.

I once had Ubuntu 7.10, 8.04, 10.04, 11.10 installed. Currently I have Ubuntu 12.04 in it.

2. Which Ubuntu should I download? Ubuntu-Desktop-i386 or Ubuntu-Server-amd64?

i86 is for Intel core, Amd is for AMD core

The following link is the clarification about it for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)

http://releases.ubuntu.com/natty/

Currently the newest version is Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

3.If I don’t have any software installed, how can I do?

I borrowed an old Ubuntu Book from Library and there is a very old version Ubuntu CD, I installed the CD and use it to download the current version, burned the CD, and installed it. Easy and also fast.

4. How can I know the CD is burned correctly?

If there is only one large file, then, it’s not correctly.

If there is Linux files and directories, then, it’s correctly burned.