Installing Ubuntu Or Fedora From A Windows Or Linux System With UNetbootin

I really liked this , Start installing linux without CD / DVD from windows . UNetbootin allows windows users to quickly start installing Linux on there machine without have a CD / DVD .. looking forward to try this out when ever i get a chance

"Introduction : UNetbootin allows for the installation of Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuse, Arch Linux, or Debian to a real partition, so it's no different from a standard install, only it has the advantage that it needs no CD. This is meant for people who want to install Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuse, Arch Linux, or Debian but don't have a CD-R to burn, lack a CD writer, or they want to install on a computer that doesn't have a CD-ROM drive, like an ultra-portable laptop.

UNetbootin uses a Windows or Linux-based installer to install a small modification to the bootloader (grldr and boot.ini for NT-based systems, grub.exe and config.sys for Win9x, or grub on Linux), uses the bootloader to boot the netboot initrd and kernel, then uses that to download and install Ubuntu directly from the internet, no CD required. After Linux is installed, the modification to the bootloader is then undone."

http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html

Linux is like icecream

Quoting from :
SUPERGUIDE: The Open Source Challenge. How to replace Windows completely with Ubuntu.

Linux is like ice cream

But not a box of chocolates. Well, unless you bring virtualisation into it. Anyway, if operating systems were ice cream Windows would be vanilla, and it'd come in different serves such as cones, cups, and bath tubs full of the stuff. Linux as you know isn't quite like that -- you sort of have to bring your own containers. Some people even build their own. But it does come in a hundred flavours to suit almost every taste.

The flavour for our foray will be Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), a Debian-based distribution and the very version bundled with APC in the August 2006 issue, but you can also download it here. For the purposes of imagery, lets call this flavour chocolate, because chocolate is nice. If you don't like chocolate, it can be strawberry, I don't mind.

Chocolate is a popular, amiable flavour and Ubuntu is no different. It's built a reputation as the easiest and most desktop-focused distribution available, and so is a good choice for this adventure.

Keeping in mind that as Vista is a DVD release, we'll be installing the DVD version as well, weighing in at just over 3GB. As 64-bit processors are the de-facto now, and Vista can be installed in a 64-bit native version (which has substantially more drivers available for it than XP 64-bit ever had), we'll also be going with the 64-bit edition of Ubuntu, running on an Athlon 64 4400+ with 2GB of memory.

As far as installation goes, it's as simple as specifying a username, timezone, and target partition, and doesn't bear a rating. Especially as there's no direct comparison with Windows, which for many comes pre-installed.

Ubuntu on dell latitude D630

this is a sequel to my earlier My linux laptop :)

after looking at my cool laptop fully loaded with Ubuntu, my friend wanted to install Ubuntu on his laptop which is a dell latitude D630 .

we had some issues initially as it was not recognizing the display drivers correctly.we have called dell technical support and they said they dont support linux on this model .

after searching through the net we found couple of interesting links. which talk about how to get the display to work with Ubuntu on dell latitude D630.

we had download alternate desktop CD from ubuntu download.
and installed Ubuntu 7.04 using the text based installer . then updated / upgraded the distro using the following commands.

:~$ # sudo aptitude update
:~$ # sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

then removed the package xserver-xorg-video-i810 from aptitude . it automatically installed the xserver-xorg-video-intel-2:1.9.94. and then just restarted the machine .
thats it Ubuntu was able to recognize the display driver , cool ..........

my friend is now enjoying the ubuntu flavor :)

My linux laptop

its been a great pleasure installing linux( ubuntu 7.04) on my dell inspiron 640m . i have installed ubuntu on desktops before but that didn't give me as much pleasure as this one did .. that may be because of the presumption that linux is not that good on laptops ..... well that statement need to be fixed now..

i have started installing the Ubuntu 7.04 and with in 30 mins every thing was up and running ..

i have the following things running perfectly

Graphical settings
Skype / yahoo (kopete)
Email client (thunderbird )
Bluefish IDE for web development
GTpod for my ipod
k3b for burning my cd's / dvd's


Conclusion : you can install ubuntu on you Dell Inspiron 640 m and have lots and lots of fun :)