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Linux Ubuntu - the installation mystery unravels

Posted by tadelste on · 2 comments
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From the dumb and dumber department:

After wasting much of my weekend trying to burn a simple Linux Ubuntu installation disk and posting a story to tell the world about how Ubuntu's documentation sucks, what I predicted would happen did in fact happen.

The emails came flooding in. A couple were semi-abusive but most were helpful and encouraging. The problem it seems is that you need CD-ROM burning software that can handle the ISO images that you download for your Linux distribution. Oh gee, I wish Ubuntu would have written that somewhere visible on their site - like where they talk about downloading images.

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Comments (2)

AnonymousCoward ·
Even the dear old ancient Slackware I first started on included cdrecord. Every version of Mac OS X likewise.

So why didn't the author cast this as an MS-Windows-specific handicap?
Fritz ·
Maybe the author should actually try to learn what he's talking about before complaining about it. ISO burnint is hardly an issue specific to Linux CDs. I mean honestly, if you're too much of a "novice" to burn a CD properly, ubuntu will send you one, FOR FREE. My real question is what the hell this guy is doing writing articles for a supposed IT news site.

The reality of the situation nowadays is that if you can't install linux on a blank hard drive, then you won't be able to install windows. Don't even think of trying to install windows onto a dual-boot, it just won't happen.

-> Fritz

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