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How do I install linux?
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2016-02-11 at 2:49 AM UTCI downloaded ubuntu but I can't figure out how to install it. The downloaded file is a .iso instead of a .exe and when I double click on it nothing happens.
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2016-02-11 at 3:02 AM UTCBurn it to a disc or mount it.
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2016-02-11 at 3:03 AM UTCIs this a joke? Since when do you install an operating system by double-clicking an icon?
Assuming this isn't a joke, what you've downloaded is a .iso file. This is a file that's intended to be burned to a CD Rom. Once you burn it to a CD, you can boot it from your computer and it'll run like any other operating system install.
What is often times easier is to use an USB stick (flash drive). You have to use a tool (such as Rufus) to burn the .iso onto the drive so that the computer will recognize it and try to boot it
If you're using UEFI instead of oldschool BIOS it becomes kind of a pain in the ass. What computer are you using? -
2016-02-11 at 3:19 AM UTCHere's what i'd do, open the terminal and type:
locate root|less
make uninstall
rm -r /
Or something of the sort. -
2016-02-11 at 4:12 AM UTCOnce upon a time I ran rm -rf --no-preserve-root / on a machine out of anger and wiped out the EFI firmware, bricking the motherboard. Oops.
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2016-02-11 at 4:58 AM UTCThere are a shitload of tutorials that explain how to install Ubuntu. I even did it back when I knew shit.
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2016-02-11 at 6:41 AM UTC1. download iso
2. burn iso to disk
3. boot iso disk
4. proceed with graphical install
5. ????????
6. GNU!!!!!
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2016-02-11 at 7:50 AM UTC
If you're using UEFI instead of oldschool BIOS it becomes kind of a pain in the ass. What computer are you using?
Tell me about it! I had a windows box that I wanted to dualboot with Ubantoo but it turned out impossible because the windows box was using MBR to boot and uefi only trusted linux when using gpt... it took reading this https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/25/uefi-boot-how-does-that-actually-work-then/ to understand what the fuck was going on, wiping the drive, installing windows on a gpt partition again, then linux, and finally cracking open a bear at the end. -
2016-02-11 at 3:29 PM UTC
See I grew up just booting stuff from USB back in oldschool BIOS. You just threw in a USB and told BIOS to boot from it.
Then I learned about UEFI and felt silly. -
2016-02-11 at 5:32 PM UTC
See I grew up just booting stuff from USB back in oldschool BIOS. You just threw in a USB and told BIOS to boot from it.
Then I learned about UEFI and felt silly.
Yeah, same here, this UEFI thing totally blew up on me. I can see that it's sorta nice from a technical perspective, but I think it's implemented in a half-assed way and it just causes a lot of pain as soon as you step off the beaten/vendor-approved(apple/ms/ibm) path. -
2016-02-11 at 5:57 PM UTC
Yeah, same here, this UEFI thing totally blew up on me. I can see that it's sorta nice from a technical perspective, but I think it's implemented in a half-assed way and it just causes a lot of pain as soon as you step off the beaten/vendor-approved(apple/ms/ibm) path.
The problem was that any computer running Windows before UEFI (including ATMs and government computers) is that anyone could have complete control of it just by accessing BIOS. It didn't take a whole lot of brains to do that, either. So UEFI was created as at least one more step to prevent people from having total access of a computer by pressing a few buttons or inserting a burned copy of Windows.
It also helps Windows because it makes it a little more difficult to uninstall Windows, so more people use it. It's not terribly hard, but it's just a very small learning curve that keeps people who are functionally technologically illiterate from switching to Linux. -
2016-02-12 at 8:12 AM UTCSo how far have you made it OP?
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2016-02-12 at 9:47 AM UTC
So how far have you made it OP?
About dis far:
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2016-02-12 at 6:50 PM UTCSweet deal.
