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Ubuntu 9.04 Installation Screenshots

I figured I'd post these to show just how easy it has become to install Linux. See this link to download Ubuntu 9.04

What really impresses me about the install is that drivers and other bits and pieces required for MY system, are downloaded and installed during setup.

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For a predominantly Windows user like me, this was a very straight forward and satisfying install experience. There was absolutely no need for any special coding or scripting to get to use the operating system.

Like I've said elsewhere though, it would be nice if a one click executable was developed to install drivers and applications that becomes a "standard" across Linux distributions. Hey maybe there is but I'm just way too much of a Nix novice n00b to know

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For a predominantly Windows user like me, this was a very straight forward and satisfying install experience. There was absolutely no need for any special coding or scripting to get to use the operating system.

Like I've said elsewhere though, it would be nice if a one click executable was developed to install drivers and applications that becomes a "standard" across Linux distributions. Hey maybe there is but I'm just way too much of a Nix novice n00b to know

Well standard across Linux systems no, but Ubuntu uses the Debian format (.deb) and packages downloaded from the net automatically resolve their dependencies. This works amazing when you are installing stuff when connected to the 'net, but when you aren't - it's hell. To just download from the Ubuntu repositories, go to the Synaptic Package Manager under 'Administration'.