I have a pc with pentium 4, 256 mb RAM and 80 gb of harde disk. I want to install Ubuntu but I don't know which is the best option!
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I'm thinking about installing Ubuntu Desktop, but I don't know what flavor is the best for my system. What are the minimum and recommended hardware requirements? What kind of CPU? How much memory? Should I have Hardware Acceleration? What flavor should I use?  This is an attempt of a canonical answer. My answers have the &quot;official  requirements&quot;, the recommended are a mix of official sources and opinion based (along with the answer it's told the source). You can comment or edit if you feel that the information is obsolete or incomplete. It is a good rule of thumb that any system capable of running Windows Vista, 7, 8, x86 (Intel) OS X will almost always be a lot faster with any Ubuntu flavor even if they are lower-spec than described below.
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I am using Windows 10, and hasn't got not enough SSD storage. So, I decide to install Ubuntu in a 32 GB USB stick (made by tf card and reader ).  I will not just try Ubuntu, but will use it everyday, and will install Python, VS Code, PyCharm, etc... Hope to learn coding with this USB stick. Will it work perfectly?
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I have a laptop (4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, Intel core i3 2.4 GHz) with 2 Partitions: one For data and one for windows 8 x64.  Actually, I want to install Ubuntu 12.10 instead of Windows 8 but keeping Data partition.   So, my question is: There is no matter to use ubuntu with NTFS Windows Partition. Or i should use ext4 partition for good result? Otherwise what you think about multiple partitions for ubuntu installation?  / /home /etc  ...   Any suggestion will be very appreciated
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Just as the question says, I need to install newer version of Ubuntu without messing up the older version. I have looked at the responses to similar questions but it isn't clear to me how to do so (some suggest dual boot using a second hdd and some suggest using virtualization -- both of these are not an option for me).
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I have 41 GB of space on my E:/ drive. Is it sufficient to install Ubuntu? My Windows XP is installed in C:/ drive. Is it OK for dual boot? Should I install Ubuntu (I am installing using Live CD). I don't want to lose my Windows option.
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Today I bought a Lenovo G510 Laptop (4GB Ram, 500GB Hard Drive) and need install both Ubuntu and Windows 7. I have some questions regarding this.   What OS should I install first ? What are the partition sizes should I put for swap, root and home ?
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I want make my installed Ubuntu as light as possible to launch only on 256MB RAM machine (VirtualBox)?  So I'm thinking about removing GNOME and related components completely. How can I do that?  This link does not help me:
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I'm brand new to Linux. I just installed Ubuntu as a dual boot system on my HP Pavilion laptop.  Where should I start? I've tried to play around with Terminal over the last hour or so, but I'm probably not helping myself out. Any suggestions are welcome!
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For you that have tested this, should we use Ubuntu and install different Desktop Environments (KDE/XFCE...) or we should install different distributions (Kubuntu/Xubuntu...). Are there any notable issues in performance / CPU consumption?  PS:  I know how to install them (already did), I wanted to know if anyone has any problems regarding the performance and what is better to install the desktop or to use the ditribution
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I wonder if someone can help me? I am fairly new to trying to actually understand and use computers myself rather than just buying whatever Windows/Mac wants me to! You will get a giggle from my flawed attempts anyway :-)  I would like to start using Ubuntu on my PC, just got a new harddrive and did have a borrowed windows 7 disk as was planning to temporarily install it so i could get ubuntu. However I didn't have high enough spec hardware for win 7 (I think it is due to only 1gb ram, i do have 64 bit technology and a 1tb harddrive). I am quite happy to install 32 bit ubuntu and hear it is easier the use than 64 anyway.  So I have one other rubbish mini laptop (windows xp) which i am trying to use to get ubuntu onto a usb (laptop has no cd drive) so i can install it on the pc. First tried just downloading ubuntu 13.04 desktop onto a usb and trying to boot the pc from it which gave the message 'no operating system'. Then I tried this to create a bootable usb which sounded promising:  . However then it starting asking for my saucy desktop iso in order to install it onto the usb stick, can't really manage to find out what a saucy desktopp iso is, maybe a mirror image of an operating system, no idea why i would need that.  So in short, I'm lost. All I can think of is getting windows xp somewhere so i can get my pc to work and install ubuntu from the internet on that, or going to a friends house in the hope that creating a bootable cd is easier than creating a usb.  Sorry for my general ineptness and hope someone can help!
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I have an Acer C720, with a 64 gb SSD,  in which I would like to install Ubuntu. But I don't want the "crouton" version. If I follow the directions from here () will I get a "real" version of Ubuntu? If not how should I proceed?  Thanks
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I have a fast machine - let's say Intel Core i7, SSD drive, Nvidia GTX 560 card.  I don't need an eye-candy system. I still need to perform it properly, that meaning have latest drivers, use my hardware properly.   I think it's strange to say:      Well, this PC is so fast, let's install GNOME3 on it, it will handle,   so whatever.   Why wouldn't I install Lubuntu on it, just as I use it on my net-book? In other words is Lubuntu a good choice or not? I mean, does Lubuntu have any disadvantages to it when it comes to new hardware support, or whatever?   Note: This may look like an off-topic question leading only to a discussion, but bear with me for a second here. I don't mean to discuss which of the two is better or whatever, I'd rather hear facts.
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I just bought the new hp spectre x360 dual-core i7, 8 GB ram and 256 SSD. Will Ubuntu run on this computer without issue or is it not yet supported?
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Does anyone know what are the minimum requirements to install Ubuntu 20.10?
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I would like to install Ubuntu  for almost 120 users. But it's very difficult in using USB and drives.  Any suggestions?
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I'm downloading both versions of Ubuntu 12.04 at this moment. I'd like to install AMD64 on my portable, even though it's an Intel machine. Is there a website (or another way) where I can check compatibility?  Acer Aspire 5745G-724G50Mnks, Intel i7 with 4Gb RAM
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I want to install Ubuntu on my dad's computer. The trouble is his computer will not boot from the live cd. I think the trouble has something to do with the bios. It is an Acer,model number 4520 and currently it has Windows Vista on it. How do you find bios on this computer? Here are some more details about the computer:   120 GB harddrive 64x2 dual core processor up to 384 MB NVIDIA GetForce  Thank you all in advance for your kind and generous support.