first time ubuntu

1. Using your web browser, navigate to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

2. Select Desktop Edition, and then click Ubuntu 8.10.
3. In the Choose a download location near you menu, select the location closest to you.
4. Click Begin Download. A pop up window opens, prompting you where to run or save the file.
5. In Internet Explorer, click Run to automatically open the installation file in a CD burning utility or click Save to save the file to your disk. In Mozilla Firefox, select Open with to open the installation file in a CD burning utility or select Save File to save the file to your disk.

After downloading the Ubuntu installation CD image, you need to burn it to a CD or DVD. See BurningIsoHowto for detailed instructions on burning ISO disk images.

To burn the installation disk to a CD or DVD:

1. Place a recordable CD or DVD into your CD/DVD drive.
2. Load an application that is capable of burning .ISO image files to CDs or DVDs.
3. Using your CD and DVD writing program, copy the disk image to your blank CD or DVD.

// posted by vikaskurup @ 12:12 PM