[HLUG] installing Ubuntu 8.04

[Matt Jones]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:51 PM, soloman <ixu at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> --- On Sat, 31/1/09, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk> wrote:
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> From: Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [HLUG] installing Ubuntu 8.04
> To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Saturday, 31 January, 2009, 8:24 AM
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> Quoting Roy ixu at btopenworld.com>:
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>> Hi all,
>> I want to install Ubuntu 8.04 onto my 'old' laptop.
>> I've downloaded Ubuntu and burnt it onto a CD.
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>> On Laptop.
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>> I have C:/> on screen and put the CD in the drive  -- nothing happened.
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>> Can someone guide me thro' the procedure to install Ubuntu ?
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>> I am generally OK with PC's but not Linux.  [whisper, I use Ms XP.]
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> Out of interest, which laptop is it? There may be a few gotchas or
> added extras that we can avoid/enable for you on the way!
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> Matthew,It is a HP  Omnibook  XE3  designed for Win 2000 prof. & win98 -which is on it.7Gb hdd fat 32.  192Mb RAM.     Roy
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I would suggest using Xubuntu on that machine, due to the fairly
limited amount of power it has. The regular Ubuntu is would probably
run quite slowly.