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The Where Are You?
page appears.
4 Click here and select a
city in your time zone.
5 Click Forward.
1 Double-click the installer.
The Install dialog box
appears, showing the
Welcome page.
2 Click your preferred
language.
3 Click Forward.
Install Ubuntu
Y
ou can install Ubuntu directly from the live CD. The
process is quick and easy, and you can even surf
the Internet while you install. Because the live CD
already has a fully working environment, you actually do
the installation from within the same environment you
will experience after the system is fully installed.
Historically, installing Linux was fairly arcane, but recent
Linux distributions actually rival or beat the ease of
installation of other operating systems. With the live CD
and the capability to ensure that the hardware is working
prior to actually installing the software, you gain the
confidence that the process will be a success before
investing the time for a full install.
The first half of the Ubuntu installation process primarily
asks questions about locale-driven items — specifically,
your local time zone, your preferred language, and your
keyboard layout. The most technical question posed
during the installation relates to disk preparation, that is,
whether you want to partition the drive.
Partitioning is a scheme in which a physical disk can
contain multiple, logically separate areas that an
operating system can view as separate volumes. These
separate areas can also host other operating systems, and
with the correct boot loader setup, you can boot various
operating systems on the same machine.
If you want to keep the data that is presently on the
machine, if any, you must create a new partition, rather
than wipe out the machine with a completely fresh
installation. Moreover, if you want to keep the present
operating system on the machine and install Ubuntu as
an additional system, you must partition the drive.
Install
Ubuntu
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