When you have made your selection, click Next.
CAUTION
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FIGURE 15-2
The Freespire boot screen
FIGURE 15-3
Select an installation method
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FIGURE 15-4
Select a computer name, username, and password.
Most distributions, including Linspire, follow the UNIX tradition of having a superuser
or root account to handle privileged tasks such as installing and removing software and
other stuff normal users should not be able to do. Freespire is different; the root account is locked
down and the user account created in this screen is designated as an admin account, with the power
to temporarily assume superuser powers via the sudo command. (See the manual page for sudo to
understand how this works.) After installation, you can create other accounts with or without sudo
powers or even restore the root account to its customary position.
4. You are asked to confirm your computer name, account information, and the installation
method you selected. If you are happy with your selections, click Next.
5. A Warning window asks you to make absolutely certain that you want to proceed. You
are again warned that all data on the target drive/partition will be lost. You are given the
options ???Yes, I am sure??? and ???Let me make changes.
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