UberN00B

hey guys, i got a bunch of ubuntu cd's today, they were free and i got about 10 of them. They gave me 9 32 Bit's and 1 64 Bit Ubuntu CD's.

Pretty cool, so my question is,

1. The ubuntu cd's are version 6.06. If i install this, will i be able to 'update' it?
2. Do i need to wipe out my drive in order to install ubuntu on a diffrent partition? ( i have about.. 100Gigs unpartitioned. )
3. Is it easy to setup? What programs can i run on Ubuntu?

Thanks!

-uberN00b

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cgrado

no, you don't have to wipe the drive if you have unpartitioned space.
6.06 is the long term support version, i'm not sure if it gets anymore updates.
If it's like 6.10, it's very easy to set up.

https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/

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UberN00B

Sweet. so just boot it up like windows and im set? lol

So once i have two partitions, how do i go from Linux to Windows and vice versa?

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dotcomthese

<<< watching thread for tips

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kidwolf909

Bit curious about dual-boots as well...

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Mootsfox

I thought 6.10 was the newest CD?

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After you install it, it'll install GRUB on your MBR. So when the system boots, it'll boot the BIOS, then it'll boot GRUB, and GRUB will give you the option to boot either into windows or Ubuntu.

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UberN00B

hmm, cool, sounds great. =D

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RickJS

Do what I did and pass em out for a speech about open-source or sometihng.

g8m3rtag

let us know how the dual boot works, ive been quite interested in linux but didnt want to have to deal with setting up a dual boot, if its that easy i may be seriously interersted.

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