This tutoral assumes you already have Ubuntu installer USB drive created. It also assumes you have blank hard drive with no bootable OS installed on it. So place your USB drive in your computer and boot up. We have covered the boot menu a number of times, O so I will skip it this time. You should see this screen come up. This particular computer is in Legacy BIOS mode. If you're using EFI, it may looks slightly different.
For now we will just go with the top option. I am mostly just going with the defaults on everything to keep this as simple as possible.
Nest you should see this screen. If you want to test things out, you can browse the internet, listen to music and try a few applications. Otherwise you can just pick your language you want to use here, and click on "Next" near the bottom of the screen.
It will then ask about your keybaord layout type, and language supported by your keyboard.
It will then ask you how you want to connect to the internet. I know many of you will use Wi-Fi, but for this tutorial I am assuming you are using a wired Ethernet connection. You can setup your wi-fi, or just click "Next" if you want to use Ethernet.
It will then ask if you want to try it out before installing it, but in this case, we will just select "Install Ubuntu" and then click on "Next" near the bottom of the screen.
I tried to select "Automated Installation" here,but it wanted a disk with a yaml configuration file. I did not have this, so I selected the other option.
We will go with the "Interactive Installation". Click on "Next" near the bottom of the screen.
It will then ask if you just want to install the basic/standard applications, or if you want to install some extra/extended applications. I chose the "Extended Selection". Then we click on "Next".
It will then ask if you want to install the proprietary drivers and codecs. Most of you will want these. So go ahead and check both boxes.
..and click on "Next"
It will then ask if you want to erase the entire hard drive. For this tutorial we do. Select "Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu". Then click on "Next".
Now we enter our username. No space are allowed. We also enter our computer name. No spaces allowed here either.
Don't forget to type in your password. You'll have to type it in twice. You must remember this password!! If you forget it you will not be able to use your computer. Write it down if necessary. After doing these things, Click on "Next".
Next we need to select a time zone. I was a little surprised Ubuntu doesn't do this automatically. Just click on your time zone, and then click on "Next".
We can review our choices here. If everything looks good, just click on "Install".
Ubuntu will then start installing packages to your hard drive. Another thing I wasn't used to, is that instead a blue progress bar telling me how far along the installation is, I simply get orange "bullets" shooting across the screen. This at least tells me the computer is doing something.
There is a slide show we can watch during the installation. The orange bullets continue to go by.
After several minutes, you will see this screen. This indicates the installation is done. Simply click on "Restart now".
Once the screen turns black, remove your USB drive.
After a few moments you should see the login screen.
You can simply type in the password I told you not to forget here, and press [Enter].
Like most other distros there is a quick tutorial you can go through here. Unlike other distros, I wasn't able to just cancel this, I had to click through it until it was over.
Now you can click on the The little while circle with the 3 dots at the bottom left corner of your screen. This is the Ubuntu logo.
Now your applications will pop up on the screen. Congratulations, you are using Linux now!
For now we will just go with the top option. I am mostly just going with the defaults on everything to keep this as simple as possible.
Nest you should see this screen. If you want to test things out, you can browse the internet, listen to music and try a few applications. Otherwise you can just pick your language you want to use here, and click on "Next" near the bottom of the screen.
It will then ask about your keybaord layout type, and language supported by your keyboard.
It will then ask you how you want to connect to the internet. I know many of you will use Wi-Fi, but for this tutorial I am assuming you are using a wired Ethernet connection. You can setup your wi-fi, or just click "Next" if you want to use Ethernet.
It will then ask if you want to try it out before installing it, but in this case, we will just select "Install Ubuntu" and then click on "Next" near the bottom of the screen.
I tried to select "Automated Installation" here,but it wanted a disk with a yaml configuration file. I did not have this, so I selected the other option.
We will go with the "Interactive Installation". Click on "Next" near the bottom of the screen.
It will then ask if you just want to install the basic/standard applications, or if you want to install some extra/extended applications. I chose the "Extended Selection". Then we click on "Next".
It will then ask if you want to install the proprietary drivers and codecs. Most of you will want these. So go ahead and check both boxes.
..and click on "Next"
It will then ask if you want to erase the entire hard drive. For this tutorial we do. Select "Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu". Then click on "Next".
Now we enter our username. No space are allowed. We also enter our computer name. No spaces allowed here either.
Don't forget to type in your password. You'll have to type it in twice. You must remember this password!! If you forget it you will not be able to use your computer. Write it down if necessary. After doing these things, Click on "Next".
Next we need to select a time zone. I was a little surprised Ubuntu doesn't do this automatically. Just click on your time zone, and then click on "Next".
We can review our choices here. If everything looks good, just click on "Install".
Ubuntu will then start installing packages to your hard drive. Another thing I wasn't used to, is that instead a blue progress bar telling me how far along the installation is, I simply get orange "bullets" shooting across the screen. This at least tells me the computer is doing something.
There is a slide show we can watch during the installation. The orange bullets continue to go by.
After several minutes, you will see this screen. This indicates the installation is done. Simply click on "Restart now".
Once the screen turns black, remove your USB drive.
After a few moments you should see the login screen.
You can simply type in the password I told you not to forget here, and press [Enter].
Like most other distros there is a quick tutorial you can go through here. Unlike other distros, I wasn't able to just cancel this, I had to click through it until it was over.
Now you can click on the The little while circle with the 3 dots at the bottom left corner of your screen. This is the Ubuntu logo.
Now your applications will pop up on the screen. Congratulations, you are using Linux now!
