Illustrated Dual Boot Site

This website is for helping people to install the Ubuntu Gnu/Linux operating system.
You can install Ubuntu by itself, in a computer that doesn't have an operating system or you can install Ubuntu in a 'dual boot' configuration. 'Dual boot' means the computer will have two operating systems installed in separate disks or partitions and you can choose which one you want to boot into when your computer is starting up.

WEBSITE NEWS
This website is being updated for Ubuntu 12.04, codenamed 'Precise Pangolin'. It will take some time and effort to get the entire website up to date, (if that's even possible).
Since there are now so many websites on the internet about how to use the 'Desktop CD' Installer, this website will be reverting to supporting the 'Alternate Installation CD' better. Pages about installing with 'Alternate Installation CD' will be updated first, and some pages about the 'Desktop' CD might changed to 'Alternate CD' installs. Nothing will be deleted but some pages might just be phased out by being unlinked from the index and not updated.

There's a new page to be added called 'Rescue a Broken System', featuring the use of the 'Alternate Installation' CD.

A new hack for GRUB2 users who multiboot more than one Gnu/Linux distro has just been added to the GRUB2 Pages. It causes the hostnames of the operating systems to appear in the GRUB Menu titles when the GRUB Menu is updated. So far it's unique to this website.

Oh and by the way in case you haven't guessed I'm a bit colour blind. :)

This website is not an official Ubuntu Website
I'm an experienced Ubuntu user but I don't consider myself to be an expert yet. I like Ubuntu so much that I think everyone should have it. I am prepared to spend a lot of time and effort helping other people to install it so they can work, study and have fun with it too. I enjoy presenting this web-site as a hobby in the hope it might be helpful to others.

Official Ubuntu Websites

If you want to see the Official Ubuntu HomePage, use this link: Official Ubuntu HomePage

If you would like to visit Ubuntu Web Forums, here's the link: Ubuntu Web Foru ms

For the Official Ubuntu Wiki, here's the link: Official Ubuntu Wiki Front Page
Click on 'Official documentation', and choose an appropriate link to download from there.
Also be sure to look through Community documentation and add some of those links to your Firefox Bookmarks.

If you're planning on using the Ubuntu 'Alternate Installation CD', I highly recommend you also see the Official Ubuntu Installation Guide, it explains all about using the 'Alternate' CD installer, which is based on Debian's installer. You might want to look at the illustrations in this website after that.

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times since the move to iinet, Australia's best ISP on Friday 5th June 2009.

Caution:
This website contains examples of what I have tried and tested and found to work well on my own machines. I do test everything I write in this website as well as I can. Since there are a lot of different computers in the world, it is obvious that some details of the operating system installation process will vary a little between one machine and another.
The information on this site is not to be taken as instructions, but instead viewed as demonstrations or examples of how things can be done. You may find it handy to see how I do things so you can decide how you can do something similar. Just be aware that you will need to use your own common sense and good judgment at all times and make sure whatever you do is appropriate for you and your machine.

In particular, owners of MacIntosh computers should seek special instructions specific to MacIntosh machines.
People with Windows computers with any kind of RAID, or with Bitlocker, McAffee or Symantec or similar drive encryption should also seek special help.

Neither the author of this website nor the producers of any of the softwares being described on this website will be responsible for damage to any machine, whether electronic, loss of data, downtime or otherwise, that may be caused by following any of these examples. The information in this website is provide free of charge and you use it at your own risk.

But having said that, malware and virus writers are not very responsible either, so make up your own mind which you'd rather have, GNU/Linux is practically immune from most of those threats. If you use GNU/Linux for all your web browsing and receiving e-mail, you can protect your other system from harmful exposure to the internet. At the same time you can learn how to do lots of new tricks that only GNU/Linux operating systems can do. You can avail yourself of hundreds of free software programs and applications too, that would be worth thousands of dollars if you had to pay for them.
Intelligent people eventually end up migrating to Ubuntu Linux as they learn how to use it and realize how much more software with more features and functions they can have at their disposal. GNU/Linux is also much more robust and secure as it is 'out of the box'. We also have the exciting possibilities of being able to learn how to program our own computers and not just depend on others to do everything for us. You are encouraged to modify your software as you please, to best suit your needs.

Off-site links - Other Recommended Websites about Ubuntu

There is a free video about using the Ubuntu Alternate CD, Installing Ubuntu Part2. You can see that one and others at Ubuntu Screencasts.com - Highly Recommended!

UbuntuHCL.org - Ubuntu Hardware Compatibility Site.
Help your fellow Ubuntu users by entering details of hardware that you know works okay with Ubuntu so others will know what hardware to shop for. Check at UbuntuHCL before you buy to see if the new hardware you're looking for will work with Ubuntu .

Visit Az's UbuntuKnowledge.org
UbuntuKnowledge.og is the central site where you can find an organized collection of links to other popular small personal websites that also provide documentation for Ubuntu.
Find the information you're looking for, written by people who care and want to help you have the best possible experience with Ubuntu and Free Software.

Aysiu's website, Ubuntu Linux Resources.
Features Install Desktop CD Ubuntu , about how to use the 'Desktop' Live/Install CD for installing Ubuntu with. The 'Desktop' CD is generally faster and also easier to use. It features a nice graphical GParted partitioner so you can see what you are doing.
There is also a wealth of other information at aysiu's site for after the install is finished too. Aysiu's site is aimed for helping new Linux users, so everything is well explained.
There is a lot of great information there, experienced users are likely to learn a few things too.

Gina's Ubuntu HowTos
Gina's site contains general hints, tips and links on how to install and run Ubuntu Linux. It's concise and easy to understand for beginners.

Nixie Pixel's Website, Nixie Pixel.com
Nixie Pixel makes YouTubes showing some things we can use Ubuntu for. They are directed at new users, so anyone should be able to follow them, and even experienced users can learn new tricks.