[TriLUG] New Vista laptop needs Linux

Lance A. Brown lance at bearcircle.net
Mon Dec 15 12:43:08 EST 2008


James Jones wrote:
> Carl,
> 
> The only copy of ubuntu I had was without live cd. I intend to check
> it later with 8.x ( if there is a live cd version )
> 
> I want to try it with live cd use first to see what problems I will
> need to be prepared for when finally installing linux.
> 
> Someone else suggested googling for someone who might have had similar
> problems with this model. Have tried that as well. Not seeing too much
> yet.

The standard install CD/DVD for ubuntu is "live".  You get to boot it,
try it out, then click on the installer from inside the live CD if you
want it on your system.

--[Lance]

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