Inquiry

[Derek Broughton]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:

> Rev. Jason Jay White wrote:
>> *To Whom it may concern:*
>> **
>> *I had a friend recommend that I go to http://www.ubuntu.com and upgrade
>> my desktop computer from Window XP to Linux* *OS**.
> 
> This is generally good advice. 

Though a little more hand-holding would no doubt have been appreciated :-) 
Friends recommend Linux to friends - but they really shouldn't leave it at
that!

> and if I do install it on my system will it wipe out my old
>> operating system
> 
> No. It will free up some space from your harddisk and install there.

Or even better for the trepidacious new user, slip the new disk into the
drive _while_ you're running Windows and the "Wubi" installer will create a
file _inside_ your Windows partition and install Ubuntu into that.  Then
you can boot into either without trouble.

> Also, I have a lot of files on my computer, am I going to
>> have to back them up to DVD before installing the above mentioned OS
> 
> YES!!! However this is not Linux specific. 

YES!  Any time you are doing a major install - particularly an Operating
System - you should have backups.  (I know you said that, but it can't be
stressed enough).
-- 
derek