Installing Ubuntu

[Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)]

Sean or Mona schreef:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pridvi Kandagatla" <pridvik at gmail.com>
> To: <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 22:14
> Subject: Installing Ubuntu
> 
> 
>> Hello,
>> I recently downloaded the iso file of the latest version of Ubuntu to
>> install on my laptop. When I put the cd into my laptop, the autoplay
> feature
>> is not working. I am not getting a menu of any sort. I can explore the
>> contents of the cd and the autoplay feature is working on another computer
>> of mine, which is a desktop. Also, when I try to boot from the disk, I am
>> getting an error and I can't boot from the CD. What should I do? Any help
>> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> It was a disaster for me.  A terrible disaster.
> This bugger is a 1.8 ghz Pentium 4 that I'm running.  But I tried installing
> Ubuntu 9.04 and not only did it crawl like molasses but nothing could be
> done with it.
> Indeed I'm not sure if the menus were supposed to work in a similar fashion
> to MS Windoze, but I tried left clicking, right clicking, double clicking,
> just waiting to see if they drop on their own - nothing.
> A misaligned screen display didn't help much, I suppose. But after all the
> hope and hype and buildup and anticipation that I had subjected myself to --
> I was really let down.
> I was really hoping it would be my salvation from Windoze. No. It was
> useless. So I'm back with Windoze 2000 and the very least I can say about it
> is -- well.... it works.
> 
> 
I suggest installing with the Alternate CD, followed by "sudo aptitude
install xubuntu-desktop" to get a lightweight gui, XFCE.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingXubuntu

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