In this article I present a step-by-step tutorial for installing Kubuntu 9.04. Before starting the installation you should enter on Kubuntu’s official website and download it. Then burn the image with a burning software (I recommend PowerISO because is very good and easy to use) on a CD (don’t burn it on a CD-RW !!! ). The Kubuntu 9.04 CD will be bootable and ready to use.
Next, you need to enter the CD in the CD-ROM drive and start your computer (very important !!! : in the bios menu you need to select the boot sequence: CD-ROM must be the first one). After you do this your computer will automatically boot from the CD-ROM. After booting the Kubuntu 9.04 you need to select the language from the list that will appear. Then you can use the Live version of Kubuntu 9.04 without installing it and start the installation afterwards or you can select just the installation process. When the installation starts first of all you need to select the installation language, then the time zone and the keyboard language. The hardest part in the installation is partitioning your hard. You can accept the recommended partitions or you can specify your own by selecting advanced. In the movie I specified my own personal partitioning preferences and I removed the last version of linux that I had and made some free space. To install linux you need at least 2 partitions: one must be swap formatted (I recommend 1 GB) and an ext3 or ext4 partition. I made only one partition because I use it for hosting the system files and my personal files. If you use my example the mount point of the partition must be “/”. If you create one swap and 2 ext3 partitions then the one with the system files must have the mount point “/” and the one where you keep your personal files must have “/home”. Then you press next, enter your name and your password and start the installation. After that you only need to wait and be patient.
The 2 movies are made with a Camera Recorder so the quality isn’t that great, but I hope reading this post and watching the movies you understand what you need to do. It’s very easy !!! Just be careful !!!
When I will post an article about the virtual machine then I’ll make another installation movie that will be at a higher quality.
This is the first part:
This is the second part:
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A good rule of thumb says the size of the swap partition ought to be between 1x and 1.5x the size of your RAM memory. Also some people say it’s a good idea to have a small /boot partition, however I could not make one when I installed Mint. And I doubt it that I’ll try it out now with Mint 7 — think new install will be quite quick and dirty.
Btw, install the latest wine developers’ release — and see how win software works under it.