There is a reader “Son Goku” asked me in someone blog’s comment page, about how to install Ubuntu.
So now I write this tutorial steps for him and also those who are still new into the Linux world.
Please note that this tutorial is just teaching you how to install Ubuntu under Windows to run natively. Not install to any partition.
For new users, I suggest that you download the Ubuntu Linux cd via here for a 32 bit version and here if your have a 64 bit PC such as AMD Athlon X2 or Intel Core2Duo or above and run it as live cd to play around with it before you install it.
It is necessary to test and see if you like it or not before you waste your time for installing it.
Ok, now you had downloaded the cd images file, what you need to do now is to burn it into the cd-r.
Just simply run your Nero Burning Rom (Not Nero Express!), click “File” then click “Open” then select the cd image file you downloaded just now, and then click burn.
For those who only have Nero Express, you are also able to burn cd images. Just select “Disc Image or Saved Project”, then click “Open” to select the cd image, then burn it like what you usually did.
Please remember to burn it with 32x or 16x coz burning with speed will have better successful rate and will not waste your cd-r.
Ok, now you have completed burn the cd and you have an Ubuntu Live CD now, you should run it as live cd to play with it first before you really install it to your PC.
Of course, since it is running from the CD and threat it like a hard disk, you should expect the speed is quite slow. It will be very fast if it is installed into the hard disk. But before that, play with it first.
For running it as a live cd(means no need to install and run it directly from the cd-rom as hard disk), you need to make sure that your PC bios has set to boot from cd-rom at the 1st priority.
Then, just put the cd into the cd-rom and restart your PC. It will take some time to load, so just wait.
When it is completely loaded just start play with it.
By the way, make sure your PC have 512MB memory to run the cd as live cd! Or else, it will be very lag!(If Windows loaded as live cd….. more slow, hahahaha)
Let’s get the party begin!
Ok, here comes to the interesting part.
Since you are still new into the Linux world, I will teach you how to install Linux under Windows using WUBI, a software for make your Linux run in a virtual hard disk to run natively.
Now, load the Ubuntu cd into your cd-rom, there will be something popup after the cd is loaded like the one at below.
Ok, select the hard disk partition where you want your virtual hard disk image to be located. If you don’t have other partition, just leave it as “C:” at the “Installation Drive”.
For the “Installation Size”, it means how much space you want your virtual hard disk to be. You can any size you like as long as it is more than 5GB, coz you might need to install some software in it later on. But make sure your hard disk do have more than 10GB space!
While for the “Desktop Environment” just leave it as “Ubuntu” since the link I provided at above is a Gnome version of Ubuntu, not KDE version.
For the “Language” leave it as “English”, better not change to any other language.
Now, the most important part,
the “Username” and “Password”
This username and password will be use for login into to the Ubuntu Linux when you run it later. Make sure you remember it properly!
Like they way you register in some websites like Google or something, just fill it up with the username you want and insert your preferred password twice into the password field.
Now, just click install and let it run. There might be some option asking you to fill up something, if this shown, just select the options you want.
After it shows that it is completed, just restart your PC.
When your computer is restarted, you will see this screen.
Press the down arrow key on your keyboard and enter.
You will see that screens like below is running.
Just leave it run, you no need to do anything now.
When it has finished setup, it will restart and go back to the Windows Boot Screen again, now select “Ubuntu” again and run your Ubuntu desktop for the first time!
Now, you will see this after it finish loads, just fill in with the username you put just now, hit enter, then fill it up with password and hit enter again.
Ok, now you are logged in to your Ubuntu desktop and you are able to use it at full speed of your PC now!
If you are done using the desktop, just click the red power button at the top right of your screen, you will see a popup dialog to ask you if you wanted to restart the PC or wanted to shutdown the PC.
If you wanted to load Windows, just select “Windows xxx xxxx Edition” at the boot screen when you start your PC, then you will be running in Windows again!
Pictures taken from:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com
http://www.howtoforge.com
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son goku said
August 5 2008 @ 9:06 pm
gee! thanks a lot garfield! kinda flattered. we will be installing ubuntu at our laptops. i wish i were u… i wish nicole would marry someone like u so that her offsprings would have the chance to inherit the best of both worlds! garfield, youre THE MAN!
August 6 2008 @ 12:29 pm
for me, it is confirmed that i will not like a girl like nicole.
and for nicole kind of ppl, it is impossible that she will like a computer geek. so this kind of thing will not happened.
by the way, i am happy that u willing to try out ubuntu.
u will like it a lot
son goku said
August 7 2008 @ 9:02 pm
i tried to burn the latest version of ubuntu through nero but i have already wasted 5 CDs because all the burning attempts failed. but i saw something at the nero tools, it is called a Nero ImageDrive. when checked it on the net, i discovered that it is a virtual drive. so i enabled the virtual drive and install ubuntu from this virtual drive. and luckily, it did! alright!!! ubuntu has a very nice layout graphics featuring a heron bird. i tested the built in mozilla and successfully surfed through the net. when i tried to update some of its components, my laptop ran out of memory. so i tried to transfer my files to a portable hardrive and tried to uninstall some of the programs i never used. i was surprised that ubuntu can also be uninstalled from the add/remove programs of microsoft windows. now, i need to buy a larger capacity hard drive to accommodate ubuntu. its hard to believe that ubuntu, which is laced with plenty of very useful software, IS ABSOLUTELY FREE!
August 9 2008 @ 7:50 pm
this installation method is just running natively only.
if u decided to totally use ubuntu, u may install it into the hard disk and let it use the entire hard disk.
but 1st, u need to burn the image into the cd-r 1st.
Son Goku said
August 10 2008 @ 7:39 am
i dont know the word “running natively” and if the installation i did is running natively on my laptop. i didnt used a CD, just the Nero ImageDrive. i think it is now installed in my hard disk because during boot up, i can choose what OS i am going to used without any CD. i have already installed Avast antivirus, RealPlayer and 23 other applications and games in my ubuntu. i also have installed ubuntu on my office desktop computer via USB flash disk through Nero ImageDrive.
August 11 2008 @ 1:53 am
install using WUBI is actually not real install to the hard disk yet. it is running on a virtual drive.
what i mean is, if u used the cd to install from the Live CD session, u can make it fully take over the hard disk and the OS selecting will not be windows ones, it will be the GRUB boot loader and it is fully running on Linux without windows in the PC.
but since you are comfortable with WUBI installation, it is better of u use it as it is now, coz you will need to use windows a lot for other software or games also.
anyway, why you install avast antivirus in linux?
linux don’t need antivirus, no virus will be able to run in the linux environment.
Son Goku said
August 11 2008 @ 10:44 am
oh WUBI is not a real ubuntu installation, now i know…
about the antivirus. when i was looking on the web on how to install the RealPlayer, i ran into a website where the discussions are antivirus for ubuntu. i read that ubuntu doesnt need an antivirus, but as a precaution, i installed it even though i dont know if the program really works. but avast made it for linux OS. is it possible to make a virus program that will affect ubuntu?
i also search the web on how to make a virus and some of them are in YouTube. are those viruses demonstrated in YouTube are real viruses? if that so, then thats one of the major problems of windows, viruses are easily made. tsk! tsk! tsk!
Son Goku said
August 11 2008 @ 10:58 am
i have ran into wikipedia for list of malwares that are affecting linux OS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_computer_viruses
the problem with wikipedia is that the information posted can be edited.
August 12 2008 @ 6:45 am
yes, correct, linux doesn’t need antivirus at all.
those malware in the wikipedia list is no longer exist nowadays, and they only will be able to be loaded into the system due to the user careless to authorize them to run.
as long as u dun simply authorize unknown apps to run, you are safe from all malware in linux.
for the avast antivirus for linux, there is actually avg antivirus for linux as well. they are not build for linux actually, they are built for scan emails attachment on email hosting servers to avoid those windows users get effected. for desktop linux users, those antivirus is not necessary as you are not hosting an email server.
and yes, it is ashame that windows still have this virus problem after so long, virus been always a problem for windows, while for Mac, Linux & BSD users, we never need to worry about virus.
for the youtube video u see, actually virus or worm or any malware is able to be written easily. any software that bring harm to the system’s data can be considered as malware/virus. i still have some virus i written long time ago and they r not yet detected by any antivirus yet. but they only able to run in “Windows”
Son Goku said
August 12 2008 @ 6:22 pm
thanks for enlightening me, garfield. im planning to buy an HP mini or Asus eee 1000 netbook before december. ill save a lot of money by using ubuntu on these machines. no need to worry about those nasty malwares. hehehehe!
August 13 2008 @ 1:46 am
but b4 buying these mini laptops, u must remember, their spec is quite low, it is designed for school children use and also for ultra mobility only, so u cannot expect good speed from them. if u just using them for online and for travel, they r good enough. but if u gonna use them for multimedia, they are not good enough for that yet.
Son Goku said
August 13 2008 @ 6:31 am
thanks a lot, man! i realized that 99% of the time i only used my laptop for word processing and surfing the net. im just a commuter so i decided to lighten up my heavy backup when going to work. but i do hope that the specs of these machines will become higher in the next few months. hehehehe!
August 14 2008 @ 10:13 am
the specs is already fixed, they won’t upgrade the current model.
but they r releasing new models with higher spec, but of course, higher price as well.