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How to install Ubuntu

Sep 7, 2011 4:11AM PDT

Well I have a few questions about ubuntu actually. How do I install Ubuntu on my 2yr old Eee PC? How much space does it take up? What things can you do in Windows that you can't in Ubuntu? What things can you do in Ubuntu that you can't do in Windows? Does Ubuntu improve system performance and how? Will I run into any problems when installing/using Ubuntu?

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If you want to try Linux
Sep 7, 2011 8:34AM PDT

If your Netbook will boot from a thumb drive this is a good was to learn Linux. You can download the program below and load many different version of Linux on a thumb drive. This will allow you to try out the different version and pick one if you like it. Read the page from top to bottom so you have a good understanding of what your getting into. Linux is a fun OS but it is a geeks OS.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

I keep several Linux programs on a thumb drive for booting systems to
retrieve data from crashed OS and to test the rest of the puter. I myself perfer Fedora. Keep on mine that Linux is very geek oriented. On a geek scale of 1 to 10 and you find MS Windows to be a 3 Linux will be a 8.

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Linux
Sep 8, 2011 12:43AM PDT

Yeah, as you said it is sort of geeky but when you get into it you get hooked. I was trying to remember how long I have been using it as a secondary system, it has been quite a while and it is still a learning process but I think it is fun, sounds as if you do too. Too right on the pendrive advice, best of luck!!!

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I get a kick out it
Sep 8, 2011 2:58AM PDT

The best part is when someone thinks all is lost on their hard drive and the system will not boot. You sit down and set the BIOS to boot from the USB and boot up and safe all their data. Then you go about testing everything else and inform them that all is not lost. They then see you as some sort of puter genius. Truth be known, we just know the tricks that make us look that way. LMOMBO

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What you need to know is
Sep 7, 2011 4:16AM PDT

That all that has been asked before and there are many answers over on the Ubuntu site and forum,

Since it's been discussed before my answer will be that you don't want to do this. A new computer user should stick to the install operating system and wait till they learn enough to find the Ubuntu site and forum and the prior answers.

Moving ahead now would be like tossing a non-swimmer into the North Atlantic without any warning.
Bob

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Sep 9, 2011 2:51AM PDT

I'm not exactly that much of a new computer user; I've had a computer since 2002 but I thought this might be a sort of noob questionPlain

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Sorry for the typo.
Sep 9, 2011 5:43AM PDT

I meant "installed" instead of "install."

What you can do is to try the LIVE CD or LIVE USB versions to see if you can use this system without it touching your currently installed OS.

Since you are not new to computers you can also use all the good information over at the Ubuntu site. They have pages on downloading, making the CD or the boot USB as well as how to install. Duplicating that information here is a bad idea since it could go out of date quickly.
Bob

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Big Step
Sep 7, 2011 5:54AM PDT

While Ubuntu is another OS, it is a serious step. I wouldn't load it on the eePC until you're familar with it. I would suggest you do it on a typical PC and where yoiu can start over again far easier. It makes life so much better compare to any EeePC setup that may require different loading. I would at least visit the Ubyntu help websites that offer typical FAQ on the topic and go from there. IMO, it is the best Linux out there for most users and fits many usera as well. At the same time you could try othert Linux versions that may not be so powerful and/or burdensome on the PC. Linux websites again offer help on the various versions out there. -----wILLY Happy