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Search Tech-Forums - link takes you to our Forum's search page. Note: The following is only a text archive! To view the actual forum discussion, please visit our website at http://www.tech-forums.net Pages:1 Linux Live download(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: PnkFloyd27 Hi there, I am on a family computer right now but I want to try Linux. I have never really tried it out before and I want to use it on the computer that I will be building as soon as I get the money. I want to get the live version of Ubuntu. I do not want to have to install it and screw up my computer and not be able to use Windows seeing as it's not my computer. I went to the Ubuntu website and looked around but I don't want to download the wrong thing. Can somebody give me a link to the live version of Ubuntu please? I don't know if it is called the live version, I want the version that I can run on a PC without installing it. Thank you very much. Posted by: Skuzzle [url]http://releases.ubuntu.com/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso[/url] Its the same CD for live or installed. You have to boot into the live disc and then you can run an install from an icon on the desktop... or just mess about with it live. Posted by: PnkFloyd27 Yeah, that's what I thought. Okay, thank you for the link. Also, do I have to put it onto a CD or can I just download it and just click on the icon? Posted by: simple if its an iso file (it probably must be) then download it and burn it on a cd. then boot your computer from the cd and thats it! Posted by: PnkFloyd27 Okay I have it downloaded. Can someone please answer my question? Can I just click on the icon and then click the START.exe? Or will it **** up my computer? Posted by: PnkFloyd27 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by simple [/i] [B]if its an iso file (it probably must be) then download it and burn it on a cd. then boot your computer from the cd and thats it! [/B][/QUOTE] Yes, I know that. I tried it but for some reason I can't get anything to write onto the CD. It says that Windows ran into some kind of a problem and I can't do anything. Anyone know what to do? I'm going to see if I can find another CD. Posted by: Skuzzle hmm do you know how to burn an image to CD ? Its not like burning single files. The ISO file is a hard disk copy of the CD. It needs to be written to CD as an ISO. The cd will then be hundreds of files.. This will be bootable and that is all you need to do. What app are you using to burn the ISO to disc. Posted by: PnkFloyd27 I think I may need a new CD. I am using Jukebox or something like that. I will go tomarrow to the store and get a different CD. Thank you. Also, I know that Ubuntu will run dreadfully slow running off of the CD so is there a way that I can install it and not get rid of anything on my computer? I would want to install it, use it for several hours, and then uninstall it and have Windows as the main OS again. Is that possible? Kind of like a dual boot system but only temporarily. Posted by: Skuzzle not as far as i know unless you have a spare hard drive. Jukebox or whatever it is probably is not up to burning iso's try something like this [url]http://www.slysoft.com/en/download.html[/url] Posted by: mBernhardt Or if you have a Virtual Machine application installed. But, I'm going to guess that you don't. Burn the ISO to a CD and try it that way. Sure, it will be a little slower. But it still gives you a chance to see if you can figure it out. Posted by: The General [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PnkFloyd27 [/i] [B]Okay I have it downloaded. Can someone please answer my question? Can I just click on the icon and then click the START.exe? Or will it **** up my computer? [/B][/QUOTE] What are you talking about? Posted by: Law Take a look at this link. [url]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto[/url] You can also used Vmware if you want, it lets you install any modern OS while running Windows, I think the free version is Vmware server or something. You just mount the ISO to the Vmware CD and off you go. [url]http://www.vmware.com/products/server/[/url] Posted by: Enterpriser 1) Download this ===> [URL=http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/ImgBurn/1128426215/1]It is free: IMG Burn[/URL] 2) Insert blank or RW disk 3) Find the iso image and right click, there should be something that says Burn with IMG Burn or something like that. 4) wait for it to finish 5) when finished, turn off computer 6)restart. now hit f8 or whatever to bring up the boot menu 7) pick"boot from CD" or something like that 8)follow the boot directions. Anything to help a possible linux user. Posted by: PnkFloyd27 I know how to do it. I just didn't have a blank CD. Thanks anyway though. Posted by: Enterpriser Oh...*sneak eyes* vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |