ubuntu 8 was great but then came, ubuntu 9 and I actually stopped liking it. i just wasnt diggin the few changes in the look. im glad to see that put the loading bar back to normal in 9.10. are there any other changes? have you tried it yet? the wallpaper sucks though.

the only ubuntu wallpapers i have ever liked.



and I love this variation.

there's more to ubuntu than silly background images

not for me. lol

The second background image is awesome.

what is ubuntu
-noob-

I know!

Linux.

ohhhhhh.
i feelz stoopid

Joseph, I know this is your topic, but can I ask you a question, haha?

what do you think bro? haha

I don't know what to think. D:

Yes.

Okay, lol. Well, somehow the new CD drive I have messed up again so it won't let me burn anything. Is there a way I can burn a version of Linux or the Chrome OS thing on a Flash Drive to use it or something like you can do with Windows XP?

well for winodows I would use http://wintoflash.com/download/en/.
and for linux. are you sure you are doing it right?
download this
http://infrarecorder.org/
and do this.
# Download and install Infra Recorder, a free and open source image burning program.
# Insert a blank CD in the drive and select Do nothing or Cancel if an autorun dialog pops up.
# Open Infra Recorder and click the 'Write Image' button in the main screen.
* Alternatively you can select the 'Actions' menu, then 'Burn image'.
# Select the Ubuntu CD image file you want to use, then click 'Open'.
# In the dialog, click 'OK'.

as seen here.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

and are you getting the right thing?
its an iso. odds are you need 32bit.

and then there is the easiest option. use wubi.
http://wubi-installer.org/index.php
http://wubi-installer.org/faq.php

I don't even get to do all of that. The CD drive will not read blank CD's at all.

then read my edit. haha.
WUBI

Thanks bro! So if I'm reading this right, I can choose to boot Linux or Windows each time?

I personally hate 9.10. Then, I never have liked Ubuntu. Debian is where it's at.

in theory. backup!

I installed it Joseph, but how do I even start it? I tried doing it when booting up but had no option to and there's nothing to start it in my files and folders.

when you restart you arent presented with the two options? you do it right? I think you are cursed.

It didn't even give me two options, it went right to loading Windows. I'm pretty sure I did it right, I mean, how hard is something so simple to screw up? I think so too.

Could be a locked bootloader. I've seen it on some shitty laptops before.


Did you install Grub?

^ What's that?

GRUB is a bootloader, a piece of software that allows you to select which operating system to boot from.

No, I have not downloaded that. I will download that now.

Edit: Can someone link me to the download? There are two and I don't know which one to download or where the link is, lol.