Installing Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop

Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by joshhrob in Workstation

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This build doc demonstrates building a Linux workstation using Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop.

To obtain the installation media I went to http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download and selected Ubuntu 10.10 – Latest Version, 32-bit (Recommended) and pressed the big orange Start Download button

The iso image is named ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso and is 709 MB

Burn the image to a CD/DVD and insert into your machine. Power on the machine and make sure Boot From CD is set in the bios (depending on your bios may be F2 or F10 or F12).

First there is a purple screen that lasts a few seconds

Then you see animated dots indicating that its loading

Then we get the Welcome screen. On the left side are language selections. English is default. There is an option to “Try Ubuntu”, which lets you run the OS live from the CD without installing anything to the drive. To proceed with the regular install, press Install Ubuntu

The installer does some preliminary checks: it makes sure there is enough disk space, makes sure the system is plugged in to a power source (for notebooks), and makes sure there is an Internet connection. There are two options: Download Updates while installing, and Install this third-party software. I checked both boxes. Press Forward to continue.

I decided to use the entire hard drive for this build and skipped the option to create partitions. I selected Erase and use the entire disk and pressed Forward to continue.

Select your hard drive and press Install Now

Select time zone from the map and press Forward to continue

Select your country

Enter your name, a computer name, a username, enter a password, and confirm your password. Press Forward to continue.

The installation begins and runs for several minutes. While you’re waiting there’s an optional slide show that gives you a pretty good tour of Ubuntu. Press the arrows at either side of the screen to preview the slide show.