I'm new to the ubuntu o.s.(linux) for some reason it will not load on my comp..It's an older e-machine model t1842. there are 2 versions of the discs one of them is the desktop and the other is the alternate . the alternate disc loads fine but when it reboots it asks for a login and a password, during the install it does not ask for a login but does ask for the password.the password i need to know if there is a login? and if my password will work.? Help.

go to the linux web site and down load ubantu to a usb stick
then burn a disc from that usb stick
use the disc to install the os on the computer
ubuntu is the same system as win 7 but with different names for the files and folders so it is easy to pick up and use
if you still have problems there are linux forums with plenty of help as to problems associated with using linux products
I found that it will not install directly from the usb stick and that has been mentioned in the forums but is readily capable from the disc for some reason or other
there are many linux operating system such as apache and the like but ubuntu is by far the easiest and most common
Libra is a very good office suite operating system from linux

Your installation medium may be corrupted. Try downloading Ubuntu again and burn it to disc or use Linux Live (Google it) to load it onto a USB drive to boot from. Once you do that try reinstalling it. Make sure you download the latest version, either 12.04 LTS or 13.10 (currently latest as of Nov 10th). A new version is released every 6 months and a new LTS is released every 2 years. Version number signifies the year (12 for 2012, 13 for 2013) and Month.

Download the following Linux ISO images and burn them into CDs.
Ubuntu, Damn Small Linux or Puppy Linux...

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/download.html
http://www.puppylinux.com/download/

Go into the system BIOS and change the Boot Priority to CD-ROM
Load up one the Linux version above, and recover (copy & paste) data
from your corrupted Hard Drive to another Good hard drive.

You may have a hard drive problem or a ram problem causing the freezing i would suspect it to be a ram problem if it freezes while loading files from the ubuntu disc as ubuntu loads to ram before installing you can down load and make a boot-able disc from SEAtools to test your hard drive. And some older versions of ubunbtu (9.10 and earlier)had a utility for checking memory (ram) )you may be able to down load this tool from ubuntu forums or google for ram (random access memory )testing utilities that can be run directly from your c/d drive on a bootable disc.

I hope this helps
Andrew A

DSL does not contain all of the drivers needed for the computer to work well. Try Gentoo linux, or Arch linux.

Hi,
Its your good decision to try linux.
I would like to suggest you to try Ubuntu linux as this supports most of the hardwares.

Download latest ubuntu for the below link
http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/ubuntu-10.10-rc-desktop-i386.iso
After downloading, write the ISO image to a cd which will be a bootable cd.

place the disc in your drive, restrt you machine.
Boot your pc from this ubuntu cd.

you will get the live ubuntu (no need to install) or even you can install if you want.

Kernel is common for all the linux and it s core operating system file.

I hope this is useful to you
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thanks

can you tell me what the model of your machine is and preferably the bios rev. thanks. james. email me [email protected]

THERE ARE 2- VERY GOOD WAYS, LINUX IS FREE SO YOU CAN GO TO THERE WEBSITE AND BURN ANY OF THERE DISTROS ON A DISC-OR-DVD, OR YOU CAN ALSO GET THE DISCS MAILED DIRECTLY TO YOU THROUGH THE SAME SITE FOR ANY DISTRO YOU WANT. UBUNTU HAS ITS OWN SITE AND THEY HAVE LINKS THERE WHERE YOU CAN GET THE DISCS ALREADY DONE.. HAVE FUN WITH THE PENGUINS, JON T...

hrm... i'll just assume that this is the first time you've attempted anything with linux? There are vairous Linux distributions, with the Ubuntu flavour seeming to be the best one for the windows to linux switcher (IMO). I would try a live Ubuntu disc first to make sure it's what you're after, which can be downloaded here
http://releases.ubuntu.com/intrepid/ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso

or if you're ready to dive straight in, here is the full version that you burn to a cd and then install
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

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