1. what is the best way to start with ubuntu.
By DL the CD from the Ubie mirrors or from the site. Burn the ISO as a ISO
image using like using Nero or what ever you may have for burning CD's. Make
sure you burn at a slow speed like 10x. Go into BIOS and set up the boot
sequence to have CDROM 1st and so on. It will run as a live CD and if all checks
out and runs fine then go ahead and install. The newest key feature is that Ubie
will set up a icon showing your windows partition. That is if every thing goes
right. If not, it going to take some mojo to get it the way you want it.
- say downloading the file for free (700MB) and burning this to CD or
better buying the CD from distribution
You can order a CD from http://www.osdisc.com for 2 bucks. Or wait 6 weeks fro
Ubie to send it to you.
- i have a 450MHz pentium III that i am running with W2K and i plan to
convert this to a double booting ubuntu and possibly with a unix.
Depending on your HD space must be at least 20g and ram must be at least 256.
And yet, if less 256 RAM speed. You may better off with Xubuntu or stay with
Damn Small Linux. Ubie does give you the option when you want to install to take
the whole drive or dual boot. Depending on what you want to do. If you want a
3rd partition for Unin O/S like Free BSD. You are going to need a bigger HD.
With Linux you can use Unix commands here and there.
I know a place that sells off least puters for any ones pocket book. It near by
me and I go there all the time. Not to say they fixed my Lap Tap for 40 bucks
because the condenser for the black light went bad.
http://mcbia.com and you can buy used parts too. Cheap and with a warranty.
2. books to buy
Books are good. The official one is "The official Ubuntu Book" or go to your
local library and there is loads of books. There is a wealth of information on
the Internet and Ubuntu Forums I use all the time. Here is some links to start
you off with.
http://ubuntuforums.org/
http://www.linuxreality.com/
http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/
http://ubuntuclips.org/
http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/index
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home?action=show&redirect=FrontPage
www.unix-tutorials.com/tutorials.php?os=Ubuntu
http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty
3. any tips and comments from the group is most welcome
Just to let you know since Ubie does not have all the cool CODECS like MS has.
Or it would not be free. That is MP3 playing, DVD playing, Java, Flash Player,
and so on. You would need to install them by your own hand or will. In the Linux
and Unix world they are call "The Restricted Formats". There is several ways to
do this. One is to install a script from Automatix http://www.getautomatix.com/
or Easy Ubuntu http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/ or one by one
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
Soon if you want to pay those people who wrote all those restricted formats.
Linspire is going to open up their CNR for people who want to pay for those
formats. It is not ready yet.
With Ubie there is no and I mean no RTFM. That means Read the F'n manual. It is
not tolerated here or in the Ubuntu Forum. We are here to help out the best we
can. The goal is to turn people on to Linux and the whole concept of Open
Source.
Now depending on what you use for getting on the internet. Please tell us that.
Some times WIFI. DSL, and Dial Up can be challenge. If you have a cable modem
you be all skate. It depends really on your ISP. Then again if Damn Small has
you going on the internet. You should be fine. At least you know to use Linux to
surf the net safely.
i hope that i really get serious this time with ubuntu linux and in
learning more about it.
You'll learn a great wealth of Linux using Linux. Here are some vids to watch
on the net. It will give you more understanding how linux works.
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3498228245415745977
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7707585592627775409