upgrade from windows to ubuntu

Step 2 What you need

To make this upgrade, there are a few things you will need

-A computer... It should be moderately fast, not too old. I am running ubuntu on a 5 year old computer... it's got a 200 gig hd, you only need a few gigs, it has 512 megs of ram, that's good enough you don't want to be too much below that, and a 3 ghz processor but don't worry, you wont need that much power at all.
-Internet. You will definitely want this, and the faster the better
-A ubuntu live cd, you can download it from www.ubuntu.com, don't download the server edition. To burn this properly, you are hopefully on a windows machine. Download an iso burner, I used this one: http://www.download.com/Active-ISO-Burner/3000-2646_4-10792184.html?tag=lst-1 . It works fine, but if you are on a mac or any other os, just download a different iso burner.
-TONS of patience... this can get very frustrating

Comments

[emaster28]

Hey, just letting you know, if you're using Mac, you can use disc utility, and it works just fine.

 

[Miro95]

one more problem. i live in kuwait and they tell me to choose the location near me and i cant find kuwait. plz reply

[momrocker]

choose an area with the same language as your area. Thats the only reason they have this feature

[Miro95]

hi i have a question. i have a 32-bit AMD laptop which is new. and on the ubuntu website. it says to choose the type of computer. and 32-bit is not one of the choices. so wat can i do. please please please reply

[momrocker]

It is 32-bit at default, there is not a 64-bit option UNLESS you open the installing options extension under the link, from which you can change it to 32/64 bit, or 9.10/8.04 (at the time of writing)

[heyzuphowsitgoin]

alright... you need an iso burner because without it the cd will not be burned as bootable, it will just have that file in it... think mp3 cd vs audio cd that will play... it doesnt matter which one you click, i think thats just there to distributre the traffic so the servers dont crash, and so the data doesnt have to go further... just choose any one of them. choose the one that is not 64 bit... unless your laptop is brand new and fairly nice... then it should be able to run a 64 bit os... which should be faster and nicer.

[Miro95]

why do u need an iso burner?