user:bh011695:start
Ubuntu Desktop Install
- 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
user/bh011695/start.txt · Last modified: 2010/05/19 10:32 by bh011695