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Oh, Ubuntu; you are my favorite Linux-based operating system.
If this isn’t what you’re looking for, keep reading anyway.
What could it hurt?
Installing From USB
It’s 2010; optical drives are all but dead.
The best tool for the job, of course, isUNetBootin.
Want to learn more about using UNetBootin?
Check out Blake’s articleHow To Install Linux With Ease with UNetBootin.
Trying to create a bootable disk from your Mac?
In fact, if you want, you might install Ubuntu directly from inside Wubi.
This is possible because of a program called Wubi.
Don’t have a Ubuntu CD?
That’s okay, you could download Wubi from the web.
It will automatically download Ubuntu and install it for you.
On A Mac
Mac users are often hesitant about installing Ubuntu on their system.
To a certain extent there’s no getting around this: this is going to be complicated.
You could use Portable Linux for the job, orLiveUSBCreator.
For more information check outthis article over at wiki.ubuntu.com.
You’ll have Ubuntu installed on the external drive of your choice.
Then fire up VMware and install Ubuntu to the drive with it.
Of course, your mileage may vary.
Check outthe write-up over at help.ubuntu.comfor more information.
Just know that you should probably back up your data before doing so.
Find more information about upgrading Ubuntu over at Ubuntu’s website.
Conclusion
There you have it: a series of unique ways to install Ubuntu.
There are more methods out there, that’s for sure.
