Category Archives: Installing Software

If you’ve installed the Windows operating system before, you’ll find that loading Ubuntu is easier than loading Windows, and it’s quicker.  Plus you’ll never be asked to type in your disk number, and then contact Microsoft to authenticate your software. … Continue reading →

There are two ways to obtain the Ubuntu operating system.  You can go to the Ubuntu web site at https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ and ask them to send you the lastest distribution on CD.   You are cautioned that although Ubuntu is free, it … Continue reading →

We’ve built a computer.  We’ve turned it on, went through the bios setup to boot from CD/DVD and then the hard drive.  The next step is to load the operating system.  Before we do that it might be informative to … Continue reading →

Ok, let’s get back to getting our computer system built.  Now that we have installed our hardware components in the case, hooked all the cables up, and got the system to “post,” so we know that the hardware is working … Continue reading →