FYI, if you are currently running windows and would like to switch gracefully you could look at www.wubi-installer.org The site details how to do a network installation of Ubuntu or Kbuntu with a few simple clicks of a mouse. The end result is a dual boot system. I've trid this a few times with good results.
HTH Dave Email on the go, sent by TELUS -----Original Message----- From: "bogi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 10:10:01 -0600 To: "CLUG General" <[email protected]> Received: 05-Oct-2008 12:11:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [clug-talk] newbie seeking Ubuntu netbook First of all, welcome to the Linux user's community. A few corrections: All major Linux distributions make Linux installation very very easy and simple. So don't feel limited to Ubuntu when it comes to installation, unless of course Ubuntu is your distribution of choice. Since you do not have an optical drive, you will have to put your chosen distribution (Ubuntu) cd onto a usb flashdrive , This process is either supported by the distribution , and they offer a usb flashdrive disk image for download, or you will have to roll your own. Not very difficult, since there are step by step manuals to guide you through the process. Linux and Ubuntu are easy to install, the laptop hardness is mostly caused by hardware incompatibility and your inability to replace the incompatible hardware ... but generally the situation is good. I cant talk about the MSI Wind, regarding compatibility. It certainly looks like it will meet the minimal hardware requirement ... It remains to be seen if your wireless card will work, and if your graphics will be accelerated. I can provide you with a good copy of Ubuntu if you care to pick it up, we can exchange details off list. I am not aware of anyone making Ubuntu or any other Linux copies available in town (on a Sunday :-) or any other day for that matter.) I can also help with creating the usb boot stuff, since you don't have an optical drive... getting the cd will not solve your problem directly. You may also want to look at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and select your appropriate iso image. or maybe check out http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download foe a bit more elaborate desktop experience using KDE instead of Gnome. or check out Fedora: http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora It's a much larger distribution with many intresting features. Also have a look at http://www.mandriva.com/en/download Mandriva is a luxurious desktop oriented distribution, and incidentally they have a usb drive image pre-built :-) Cheers Szemir On October 5, 2008 07:48, Pat Roche wrote: > Hi, > > I am a non-techie who wants a netbook running Ubuntu Linux. (I know Ubuntu > is pre-installed on the Dell Mini 9, but I've ruled it out because of the > keyboard configuration. ) > > I'm thinking of buying on an MSI Wind netbook. This is a tiny 10-inch-wide > notebook with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and is sold with Windows XP > Home Edition. It has an 80GB internal hard drive, but no internal CD/DVD > drive. > > I heard Ubuntu makes hard-drive partitioning and Linux installation as easy > as installing a Windows application! Is this true?? > > I also heard Ubuntu is hard to install on laptops. > > Are there any netbooks with Ubuntu pre-installed (besides the Dell Mini 9)? > > If I can do it myself, where in Calgary can I get the Ubuntu CDs or DVD? (I > don't have a working CD burner on my Windows desktop.) > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
