Thinking Of Trying Ubuntu

Im interested in trying this distro of linux, but I'm not sure if I should put it on a new hard drive or a external hard drive

I assume internal hard drives are much faster, as my mobo supports SATAII

 

Installing Ubuntu is easier on an internal drive. Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) has full SATAII support and it should work out of the box.

 

just oartition your drive

the current ubuntu disk sets you up in a live enviroment.

popo in disc, boot from it
run gparted(go to terminal[main menu>accessories>>terminal] type "gparted")
partition some space for ubuntu

open firefox
go to install ubuntu onto the harddrive
browse the ent while it's installing
FIN

 

yeah I got the live CD, dont want to edit my windows HDD though, only got about 50GB left anyway. Ill grab a SATA HDD soon and install on that

also xlink, what do you prefer, kde or gnome?

 

I have Ubuntu, I am dual booting XP with it though.

I am gonna uninstall it, I don't really see the advantages...

 

I installed and used Ubuntu for quite a while.

Careful it doesn't ------ up your partitions, like it did to mine.

 

I've always gone with GNOME, but it's largely a matter of preference and you can change at any time.

 

It usually only messes up if you install ubuntu, then xp, cause xp installs its own boot manager completely disregarding the ubuntu one that's already there.

 

if you never tried Linux before you may be disappointed in Ubuntu... give www.GetPCLinuxOS.com a try... it uses KDE instead of Gnome witch is better for newbies