| author (s): | renaissance |
|---|---|
| written: | Aug 2007 |
| revised: | ... |
A DVD screenshot of Meredith Burgess playing the villain Penguin was intended to be here. But since its taking 20th Century Fox over 2 weeks to read my one question email you'll just have to imagine the picture in your heads. ....by the way FOX I'm still waiting for a YES or NO response on my email.
| category: | Ubuntu |
|---|---|
| version: | Feisty 7.04 |
| topic: | operating systems |
| author (s): | renaissance |
|---|---|
| written: | Aug 2007 |
| revised: | ... |
Step 1
Know that for each version of Ubuntu there's 3 different ones to choose from.
If you're a newbie and meet the mentioned system requirements then you should download
the Live Desktop CD option.
To make things even more confusing towards old Windows users and Linux newcomers. Ubuntu offers many versions from the past, take that times 3 and you'll get a headache if you're not used to how technical programmers think like. So this is a good link to start your journey with or you could simply search for Ubuntu with Google and enter their official website. Remember to follow anything related to Live Desktop.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GettingUbuntu/
Once you've clicked the first Download link that you're greeted with by the main page you'll see a page that looks like this.
Don't use the form and the big download button it's a trap into slow medieval age like download speed! Instead scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and look for a discreet paragraph that nobody reads and use that link instead.
Then you see a page that looks like this. Scroll down to the bottom part and you'll see a BitTorrent link.
When you use the BitTorrent link you'll get to a site that looks like this. Don't use the obvious links that you're being offered, only use them if you have trouble making the Torrent work!
Instead scroll to the middle of the page until you see listings of links like this.
The torrent link will look something like this so use it for optimal downloading speed. But don't click on anything yet read through the next step first in order to understand what the confusing links is really all about.
Step 2
Click on the latest Ubuntu version if the release date is already a couple of months
old. It's just like picking fine wine you'll want something mature for best taste
and experience, however you don't want a “distro” version that's several years old
it's bad mojo. If the release date is only 1-2 months old choose a more STABLE
version instead which has a lower number. Any lower version number will do.
This is were the headache part kicks in for old Windows users. Like I mentioned
in the beginning of this paragraph there's 3 different ones to choose from regarding
a certain distro version.
Make sure you keep your focus on the Desktop rows. Then you have to make sure you pick the right CPU architecture.
Then you have to mentally filter out all those weird links that only confuses everything and hone in on the *.iso.torrent link only. I'm expecting that you have some sort of BitTorrent file sharing program already, if not ask in the forums to fix this. Because downloading the Ubuntu install CD s, on torrents progress faster compared to downloading directly from a server.