I just let myself be lured into buying a Netbook for my daughter.

It was a good deal actually and I love the machine.

Deciding on the OS

It didn’t take long for me to decide to installUbuntuon the netbook.

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Free would be the first reason and familiarity is the second.

I’ve tried Ubuntu before and I have the installation CD with me.

The search ended up with an unexpectedly different result.

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The minimum requirement is 384MB of RAM.

So I choose the nearest download location for me and hit the “Begin Download” button.

Mine is not listed but I’ve discovered no problem so far.

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Windows users have the luxury of an easy GUI way of converting the IMG with the help ofDisk Imager.

Ubuntu users has their own Ubuntu ImageWriter.

But Mac users and other Linux users have to bear with the geeky command lines method.

02 Move the installer

Don’t forget to check that that there’s no USB drive plugged.

I plug the USB drive into the Netbook’s USB port and start the machine.

Every manufacturer might have different options for this booting menu, so kindly refer to your machine’s documentation.

03 Diskutil

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