Help with installation

[Andrew Farris]

On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 09:29 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> 2009/10/2 Michael White <enlightenedshadow at yahoo.com
> > > > Hi, I have
>  been thinking about making a switch from Windows to Linux for awhile
>  now. Yesterday my desktop caught a really bad case of spyware. Now all
>  I want to do is format my hard drive and load Ubuntu onto the desktop.
>  I was wondering if you guys would be able to assit me in how to do so.
>  I was running Windows XP SP3. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Start with https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation.

May I also suggest this as a good resource for quickly learning your way
around the ubuntu desktop:
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html

you can buy this as a book, or download the free pdf (same as book, just
free), and even though it's a little dated now, It's still a good
general reference for learning how to do things 'the ubuntu way' if
there even is such a thing.

Also, if you have any problems transitioning, feel free to ask. Chances
are, somebody else has gone through the same thing and might be able to
give you some pointers.

Just a word of warning for you to start off with: if you have/use a
relatively new (w/in the last 2-3 years) ipod, then you might be in for
some troubles trying to get it to cooperate with ubuntu. Other than
that, you should be fine. 

Keep us posted!


-- 
Andrew
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