I have had a number of requests for a step by step walk through of a Linux installation. I thought this would be a great way to illustrate how simple installing Linux is. I have chosen Ubuntu because it is a good example of how far the Linux installation process has come. This installation will [...]

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Unless you search it out, you’re not likely to come across a PC that comes with Linux pre-installed (exception being the wide-variety of netbooks being sold). Because of this if you want to use Linux you are probably going to have to install the operating system yourself. To hard-core geeks that is not only a [...]

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Universal Netboot Installer (UNetbootin) is a portable tool for Windows and Linux that can download and install various Linux distributions to a system partition or USB drive without needing to burn the distribution first. It supports dual-boot installs or single installs that replace the master boot record (MBR) completely.
The process itself was designed with ease [...]

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