 | Illustrated Dual Boot Site Home Page Edited Saturday, June 21 2008 |
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy
Heron was officially released on Thursday 24th of April. <----- Click on the image to go to the official download site! |
Linux operating systems have become a lot more user friendly in the last few years.
They are rock solid and secure by default and are not affected by viruses or malware.
Ubuntu Linux is one of the most popular Linux distributions.
| BBC News: Ubuntu 'reaping Linux dividend' | CNET: Survey finds Ubuntu is the fastest-growing Linux distribution. |
'Dual boot' means the computer will have both the old operating system in it, which you can keep on using, plus the new operating system, Ubuntu, and you can choose which operating to boot into each time the computer is booting up. That way you can have the best of both worlds.
You can install thousands of great programs in Ubuntu for free and do almost anything with your computer that you can imagine. If that's not enough, you are free to modify the programs yourself or even write your own programs if you know how.
There's absolutely no obligation, Ubuntu is free and you don't have to keep Ubuntu if you don't like it. Most people prefer Ubuntu given a little time to get used to it, and many fall in love with it.
You might eventually find yourself forgetting all about your other operating system.
Ubuntu is not designed to be used as a mere accessory to your old operating system, it is designed as a complete replacement for the other operating system. Ubuntu is the best.
| BBC News: Malicious programs hit new high | BBC News: Computer viruses hit one million |
TIP: If you are a Windows user, as soon as you set up a dual boot, you should use your Ubuntu operating system for collecting all email and for browsing the internet, since those are the main ways your Windows system becomes contaminated with viruses and malware.
Keep your Windows system off the internet except for trusted sites like Windows Update and the like.
Right away you will find that all your scans in Windows will start coming up clean!
Ubuntu is tough enough to go anywhere on the internet, even virus sites, and remains unaffected, so use Ubuntu for the internet instead.
That way you can protect and preserve your Windows operating system for the few things you still might still want it for... - until you learn how to do everything better in Ubuntu.
| Here's a link to a very important new website, UbuntuHCL.org That's the new Ubuntu Linux Hardware Compatibility Site. No longer do we need to risk bringing our new hardware home after a trip to the computer store with our hard-earned cash only to find that the new hardware we bought isn't usable with Linux. Help your fellow Ubuntu users by entering details of hardware that you own that you know does work well with Ubuntu so others will know what to shop for. |
SITE INDEX
Un-install Page 'Look before you leap', see how to uninstall Ubuntu, then install it.
Post-install Page Things to do right after Ubuntu has been installed SSH Network Linux Home Networking... secure... user friendly... GUI...set up in minutes..! Back Up and Restore Backing up and restoring Ubuntu for beginners or intermediate users Xserver Page sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg (video, keyboard & mouse drivers) MBR Page Master Boot Record Page Super Grub Disk Page When normal booters won't work, you need Super Grub Disk! TestDisk Page Using TestDisk to Recover from partitioning disasters demonstrated (Edited on Friday the 13th!) |
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This is not an official Ubuntu Website,
I just present this web-site for a hobby. I like Linux so much
that I think everyone should have it. I am prepared to spend a
lot of time and effort helping other people to install it and have fun
with it too. If you want to see the Official Ubuntu HomePage, use this link: Official Ubuntu HomePage If you would like to visit Ubuntu Web Forums, here's the link: Ubuntu Web Forums For the Official Ubuntu Wiki for the genuine instructions: Official Ubuntu Wiki Front Page Click on 'Official documentation', and choose an appropriate link to download from there. Also be sure to look through Community documentation and add some of those links to your Firefox Bookmarks. Here is a link to the Official Ubuntu Installation Guide, it explains all about the Debian installer. You should read that first and look at the illustrations in this website after that. There is a video about installing Ubuntu with the Alternate CD, Installing Ubuntu Part2 . You can that one and others for free from Ubuntu Screencasts.com - Highly Recommended! |
 Visit Az's UbuntuKnowledge.org UbuntuKnowledge.og is the central site where you can find an organized collection of links to other popular small personal websites that also provide documentation for Ubuntu. Find the information you're looking for, written by people who care and want to help you have the best possible experience with Ubuntu and Free Software. Aysiu's website, Ubuntu Linux Resources. Features Install Desktop CD Ubuntu , about how to use the 'Desktop' Live/Install CD for installing Ubuntu with. The 'Desktop' CD is generally faster and also easier to use. It features a nice graphical GParted partitioner so you can see what you are doing. There is also a wealth of other information at aysiu's site for after the install is finished too. Aysiu's site is aimed for helping new Linux users, so everything is well explained. There is a lot of great information there, experienced users are likely to learn a few things too. Gina's Ubuntu HowTos Gina's site contains general hints, tips and links on how to install and run Ubuntu Linux. It's concise and easy to understand for beginners. Lost: Jan Quark's Laiconic Studio A new site under development, contains art! And digital art lessons! Learn how to use G.I.M.P.! This link has been down for a long time now. It was a great site and it's a shame we can't find it anymore. If anyone has an up to date link or some information or please P.M. me at Ubuntu Web Forums. |
History of this Website
This website was originally only about how to use the Ubuntu 'Alternate' Install CD.
This website was first started a while after I installed Ubuntu Warty Warthog 4.10 in a computer I had that was broken down and completely useless. Warty Warthog fixed my computer instantly!
After trying out Ubuntu for a little while, the next version of Ubuntu, called 'Hoary Hedgehog' 5.04 was released. I sent for and received a package of free 'Hoary Hedgehog' CDs from Canonical.
I kept one for myself and gave the rest away.
At that time my job was driving a fuel tanker, delivering fuel to cattle stations, (meaning 'ranches'), around outback northern Queensland, Australia.
Being a trucker I didn't have time to stop anywhere for very long, and I might not be back again for several months. 'Outback' Australia is a big place. I needed a way to show people how to use the CDs without me being there. As it happened, by sheer luck and co-incidence, some free web page creation software fell into my hands and at the same time, ADSL broadband reached us here in the remote outback parts of Australia. As part of the new ADSL broadband package, Telstra Bigpond, (my ISP), were offering free websites. The way everything just happened to come together and fall into place at the same time seemed somehow magical and unreal. That's how this website was born. Then I saw someone posting a plea for help in Ubuntu Web Forums asking how to use the Ubuntu Installation CD. I couldn't resist so I provided a link to my (then new) website. Since then this website has become well known and popular around the world. It has improved a lot from it's original content. Free software has improved a lot too, and has become much more popular.
The text based type of installer and partitioner was the only one available to new Ubuntu users when the very first version of Ubuntu came out, code named 'Warty Warthog 4.10',
Then Ubuntu 'Hoary Hedgehog 5.04' was released with two CDs, an 'Install' CD and a 'Live' CD. Users could try out Ubuntu first with the Live CD, and if they liked Ubuntu, they could install it with the 'Install' CD.
The next version, 'Breezy Badger 5.10 ' was the same. The text based 'Install CDs' were still the only way to install Ubuntu. For a while, this website helped to guide a lot of new users through the installation process.
'Dapper Drake 6.06 ' was the first Ubuntu release to come out with the ability to install right off the Live CD. The 'Live' CD was renamed the 'Desktop' CD. The 'Install' CD was improved and renamed the 'Alternate' CD.
After 'Dapper Drake' there was 'Edgy Eft 6.10', 'Feisty Fawn 7.04', 'Gutsy Gibbon 7.10' and now 'Hardy Heron 8.04' had been officially released. Intrepid Ibex is on the way already.
The 'Desktop' Live/Install CDs are well established and have proven themselves to be safe, fast, reliable, and easier to use.
There may still be some people who still need to use the 'Alternate' CD for installing Ubuntu with if they have special requirements. Maybe they have a computer without very much RAM or some other peculiarity that makes it difficult or impossible to use the 'Desktop' CD. Maybe they need to be able to access the full range of extra options available in the 'Alternate CD' for a special purpose, or customized type of installation. There are some people who still use the 'Alternate' CD installer just because they like it better, too. The Alternate CD installation pages here are for those people.
This site now contains a lot of information about Linux bootloaders. Nowadays the bootloader pages and other pages of this site are probably as popular as the installation pages.
This site was originally designed for beginners, so there are still lots of verbose explanations and illustrations here to help people who are just getting started.
The advantages of using the 'Alternate' install CD are that more choices are available for people who want to do something special with their install.
With the 'Alternate' Install CD, you can,
- choose between GRUB and LILO boot loaders, or even install with no boot loader at all,
- specify exactly where you want the IPL for the boot loader installed,
- create pre-configured OEM systems,
- set up automated deployments,
- upgrade an older installation without network access,
- install ubuntu as a server, (without any 'GUI' (desktop)),
- set up Ubuntu with LVM or software RAID,
- perform an 'expert' install (for coping with machines with difficult hardware),
- the 'Alternate' CD's partitioner will work in a computer with 128 mb of memory and maybe less.
- plus a few more neat little tricks.
This website shows three different examples of the Ubuntu being installed using the 'Alternate' CD.
There is one example of Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' being installed 'dual boot' with another operating system having a FAT32 filesystem. This would apply to Windows XP, Windows 98 or earlier Windows editions.
There are two examples of Ubuntu 'Feisty Fawn' being installed with Windows XP having the NTFS filesystem.
One example shows 'Feisty Fawn' being installed with on a single 'root' partition plus a FAT32 partition for sharing data between Ubuntu and Windows XP.
The second example shows how 'Feisty Fawn' can be installed with a separate /home partition as well as the FAT32 partition for sharing data with Windows XP. These two guides would apply to Windows XP or any Windows with the NTFS filesystem. I have never tried Vista, but I do provide links to sites with advice on Vista.
Caution
This website contains examples of what the I (the author) have tried and tested and found to work on my own machines. Since every computer in the world is different, it is obvious that some details of the operating system installation process will vary a little between one machine and another. The information on this site is not to be taken as instructions. You may find it handy though, to see how I do things so you can decide how you can do something similar. Just be aware that you will need to use your own common sense and good judgment at all times and make sure whatever you do is appropriate for you and your machine.
Neither the author of this website nor the producers of any of the softwares being described on this website can be held responsible for any data loss or damage to any machine, whether electronic, or otherwise, that may be caused by following any of these examples. Use this information at your own risk.
But having said that, malware and virus
writers are not very responsible either, so make up your own mind which
you'd rather have, GNU/Linux is practically immune from most of those
threats. If you use GNU/Linux for all your web browsing and receiving
e-mail, you can protect your Windows system from harmful exposure to
the internet. At the same time you can learn how to do lots of new
tricks that only GNU/Linux operating systems can do. You can avail
yourself of hundreds of free software programs and applications too,
that would be worth thousands of dollars if you had to pay for them.
Eventually most people end up migrating to Ubuntu Linux as they learn how to use it and realize how much more software with more features and functions they can have at their disposal. GNU/Linux is also much more robust and secure as it is 'out of the box'. We also have the exciting possibilities of being able to learn how to program our own computers and not just depend on others to do everything for us. You are encouraged to modify your software as you please, to best suit your needs.
Eventually most people end up migrating to Ubuntu Linux as they learn how to use it and realize how much more software with more features and functions they can have at their disposal. GNU/Linux is also much more robust and secure as it is 'out of the box'. We also have the exciting possibilities of being able to learn how to program our own computers and not just depend on others to do everything for us. You are encouraged to modify your software as you please, to best suit your needs.
| If you have two computers beside each other, it is easy to look at the pages of
this site in one computer for help while performing an installation in your other computer. If you have only one computer, it might be handy to print out one of these web pages so you can refer to it while you are installing. Just click 'File'-> 'Page Setup', and then , 'File'-> Print Preview'. If you are happy with it, click 'Print'. That should work for most browsers. If these pages come out in color, they might use too much ink, and ink is expensive. You might be able to 'Select all' and copy and paste the text and illustrations only to a Word document, or right click on a page and 'Save Page As' if you like, and remove the background color somehow first before printing anything out. After Ubuntu is installed, you should add a link for this website to the new computer's Firefox web browser. There are jobs you will want to do right after Ubuntu has been installed that this website can help you with. Most terminal commands shown in this website can be can be copied from this site and pasted right into your own terminal. That can save a lot of typing time and possible typing mistakes. However, please check to see if the command needs to be modified to suit your machine before you press 'enter'. You might also find some of the links placed in this website very handy to refer to later too. |