To get started, insert the DVD into your drive and reboot your computer.
NOTICE
The installation process occasionally changes when new releases occur, but
the overall idea is consistent. The screenshots you see here are probably
accurate, but it is possible you may see a change or two. If you understand
what you need to do, any changes should be trivial to you.The initial screen offers a variety of languages for you to use during
installation (see Figure 1.1) and two options. The Try Ubuntu option boots
and runs Ubuntu from the DVD without making any changes to your system
so that when you remove the DVD and reboot, everything will be as it was
before. Install Ubuntu installs Ubuntu instead of your current operating
system or alongside it (for dual-booting). Select Install Ubuntu to begin.
FIGURE 1.1 Choose a language for the installation in this opening screen.
Figure 1.2 shows the Preparing to Install Ubuntu screen. If you select the two
check boxes at the bottom, Ubuntu downloads extra software, such as
multimedia codecs and any software updates that have been released since the
disk was created, and includes them in the installation. Doing so is
recommended.
If other operating systems are found on your system, you are given the option
to install Ubuntu alongside them or to erase them and use the whole disk for