Ubuntu is holding up well under the pressure and continues to
grow both in the size of its development and support communities and its popularity.
Installing Ubuntu
Installing Ubuntu to hard disk requires a computer with at least 64MB of RAM for an Ubuntu
Server, and 256MB of RAM for an Ubuntu Desktop installation. As for hard disk space, you will
need at least 4GB of space to install a desktop system or 500MB of disk space for a minimal server
system. For the minimal server, you need to be able to work from the command line (no GUI is
installed).
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The Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop Install CD image is included on the DVD that comes with
this book. To install from that DVD, instead of the procedure described below, do the
following: Boot the DVD, type ubuntu at the boot prompt, and after the Ubuntu desktop boots,
open the Install icon and follow the instructions.
If you are setting up Ubuntu to dual-boot on a desktop computer with a Windows system currently
installed, you can resize your Windows partition during the installation process. It is easier,
however, to first make sure that the free disk space exists outside of the Windows partition. See
Chapter 7 for information on resizing hard disk partitions to make space for a Linux installation.
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