Linux Dummies 9th

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Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
When you have a LiveCD in your hand, you can start the installation process.
Just follow these steps:
1. Place the Ubuntu LiveCD in the CD tray of your computer, and restart
your computer.
Your computer boots from the Ubuntu LiveCD, and after you select
the language you want to use, the main Ubuntu LiveCD menu appears,
shown in Figure 3-1.
2. From the menu, choose either to install Ubuntu directly (Install
Ubuntu) or to try Ubuntu first by running it from the LiveCD (Try
Ubuntu without Any Change to Your Computer).
The great feature about the LiveCD is that you can test-drive Ubuntu
without having to mess with your hard drive — which can give you an
idea of what will work and what won’t. After you’ve completed your test
drive, if you decide to install Ubuntu, just click the Install icon on the
desktop.
Figure 3-1:
The Ubuntu
LiveCD boot
menu.
When you start the Ubuntu installation, the first window you get is the
Language window.
3. Select the language to use for the installation, then click Forward.
This selects the language Ubuntu uses to display text messages used
during the installation process, plus sets the default language used when
the operating system runs.