[Sussex] Help with getting started please

[Fay Zee]

Hi Westerham,

Welcome to the Sussex LUG.

On 7 July 2010 22:06, Malcolm Harris  wrote:
> Dear SLUGs,
> I'm thinking about using Ubuntu but am having problems setting up
the
> software to evaluate it. 
> I'm trying to look at a desktop Distro circulated by 'Linux User'.

Is the disk from the July issue of Linux User and Developer with
Ubuntu 10.04 and Fedora 13 on it?

From what you say below it looks like it offers a live Ubuntu with an
installation option. 

> I've
> tried on an ancient PC but it could not cope. I've tried booting an
early
> Intel Macbook with the disk in to access a live disk but to no
avail (I'm
> reluctant to try a partitioned installation on the Macbook as I've
read a
> number of accounts on the web of people who have done this and then
being
> unable to later remove the Distro or the partition.
> Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Please bear in mind
that I'm
> not a coder - I thought using Ubuntu involved a lot of technical
knowhow and
> programming but a colleague at work has recently installed it and
keeps
> raving on about how fast and easy to use it is, hence my curiosity.
> Westerham

Tell us what spec your "ancient PC" is. What processor power and what
memory

Ubuntu is an easy graphical install.

Did it install properly but not run?

Ubuntu gives a choice of desktop managers to match resources. Xfce is
lightweight.

For example on my PIII 700Mhz 256MB laptop I installed Xubuntu to HDD
and run OpenOffice Writer in it.

Google will tell you more.

If you can make it to the next Sussex moot (Thursday 29th July in
Horsham) you will see a range of distros - and, especially if last
month is anything to go by - a very wide range of machines :-)

 Best Regards,
Fay
East Grinstead Linux User Group
www.eglug.org.uk


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