Obtain tower and Ubuntu installation disk
Obtain mouse, keyboard, monitor, tower, network cable, and two power cables
Plug in the above to the tower and power it up.
Insert disk
Press F12 to enter the Boot Menu
Select to boot from CD-ROM device
Select install option
Go through settings: location, language, keyboard language
When the partitioner loads select “Guided - use entire disk”
Enter enter your name, user name, password, and computer name
Click the install button
Wait for the disk to finish installing
Eject disk and restart the computer
Go to System>Preferences>Screen Resolution and select 1280×1024
Select Applications>Add/Remove Programs and install compiz desktop effects
Open Firefox to check connectivity to the internet or open a terminal and ping a website
Right click on the desktop>Visual Effects>Extra
Open the terminal and ssh to lab46: ssh bh011695@lab46