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    please help soon

    right now I'm waiting to find out what happens when you download kubuntu or ubuntu dose it still have to download the drivers? or does it do that during the installation ? and when it is downloading the drivers can you use wireless or dose it have to be ethernet? sorry i had so many questions! thanks!
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    Re: please help soon

    During installation most devices are detected and properly configured.

    Most video chips are given acceleration and 3D capabilities.
    Ethernet connections are configured by DHCP automatically if they are connected to a wireless router or lan.
    Wireless routers usually require that you enter a name and password to activate them.

    Basically, it depends on your hardware. Most work, some don't.

    Download the iso (32 or 64 bit, depending on your hardware) and check its md5 sum to verify the download was good. Then burn the iso using DAO or TAO and 10x or less in speed.

    Boot the LiveCD. It won't harm your HD and it will give you a good idea as to how your hardware will work.
    "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
    – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.
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      Re: please help soon

      Once it is downloaded,

      Burn as an ISO to a CDROM. Boot this CDROM and choose to install. All the standard drivers will be loaded.

      Yeah, its that easy.
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        Re: please help soon

        I would ensure that you download the desktop CD image so that you can do a test run without installing it. That way you don't install it only to find you are unhappy with it.
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          Re: please help soon

          Originally posted by melonade
          right now I'm waiting to find out what happens when you download kubuntu or ubuntu dose it still have to download the drivers? or does it do that during the installation ? and when it is downloading the drivers can you use wireless or dose it have to be ethernet? sorry i had so many questions! thanks!

          A lot of these can be answered in the FAQs linked in my signature.
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            Re: please help soon

            Originally posted by tboxmy
            Once it is downloaded,

            Burn as an ISO to a CDROM. Boot this CDROM and choose to install. All the standard drivers will be loaded.

            Yeah, its that easy.
            so is the iso file less than 700mb?because thats how much me cds can hold... or do i need to get a blank DVD ?
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              Re: please help soon

              Yes, they are CD ISO images, so they will fit on a blank CD ROM. Follow #1 in my FAQs to burn it.
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