Ubuntu 7.10

Today, out of boredness I visited Zdnet.com and chance upon an article about Ubuntu 7.10 - Installation walk-through.

I was intrigue by the article and I have actually thought of installing this linux O.S. that I have been reading up on. Only that, I was afraid I would f**k up my system and had to re-install windows system all over again.

Today, though, I don't know why but maybe I'm just too f**^%**&g bored that I decided to try installing it on this pc. Later though, after downloading the massive 700mb .iso (cd format) files and burning it to a rewritable CD I decided against it. No way am I going to f**k my system up again after the chaos that a virus did.

I have an old laptop that an not currently using so I thought might as well I tried installing Ubuntu 7.10 on it. If it crap out the laptop at least it's not my main pc.

Well, anyway. Right now, I'm already installing Ubuntu on the laptop and so far it's doing something. The laptop is already kind of spoil and it's reading all this error message on screen which I don't understand. But, as I say, it's doing something and I hope it will in the end install the O.S.

I've been wanting to try out installing Linux open source for so long and finally I'm doing it. It's a new thing for me to do. I've been actually thinking of buying either an Apple Mac or a new Pc for some time now. I'm interested to try out Apple new Leopard O.S. and also Microsoft Vista. But, I'm just torn between both of them. If I have the money I would have buy both just to try out their new O.S.

Maybe, that's why I'm trying Ubuntu. Since, I can't have both might as well I try Ubuntu since it's FREE!

But, be prepared to fried your system out. It's advisable that you try installing it on an unused pc or laptop. In that way, your main system will still be okay!

If you're interested to try it out, you might want to read this article at zdnet. Here's the link below:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=869

Here's also the direct link to Ubuntu.com

Here's a link to the download page >>
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

You have a couple of choices. You can download it from the various mirror sites. You should choose the closest location so that you will be able to download it fast. At first, I tried downloading it from a Thailand site but I saw that it was too slow and could take a whole night but when I cancel the download and instead choose a mirror site from a Taiwan University it only took 1-2 hrs top.

Remember the file is 700mb!

If you're afraid to download that kind of massive file you can either buy a CD/DVD or request a Free CD. It's all up to your preference.

If you prefer to download it then you need to burn it to a cd. It's preferred that you use this software to do just that. I tried it and followed the instruction and it works fine.

Here's the link >>

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

When you download the Ubuntu file it's in Iso format. So you need to burn it to a cd and then reboot with the cd. Just like installing windows. If you already know this then it's fine. If you're a total beginner to using a computer then I hope you're not trying this at home!

Just click the link above and follow the instructions!

If you're stuck please read the instructions and online manual carefully. If I can do it and follow the easy steps then I think you can too. Of course, I'm not a beginner and mostly I know my way around but I think it should be easy enough for someone who has used a pc for a year or two.

Anyway, it's not as if you need to be a computer science expert to install Ubuntu. Just download it, burn it to a cd and reboot your system with the cd in it. And just follow the instruction and you should be okay. I hope.

Well, it's still installing right now and because my laptop is an old laptop there's a lot of error message. I hope it's going to be okay soon so that I can play with it tomorrow when I get back from work!

It's going to be fun this couple of weeks.

Got to go for now and if you're trying it, good luck!

Go to the Zdnet article and read up before you decide to plunge!

Good night!