Booting from the install CD..ubuntu

In order to install Ubuntu, you must start your computer using the installation CD. While most computers will start from the installation CD if you simply insert the CD and then restart the computer, some computers may require additional steps to allow this.

If your computer does not start from the installation CD if you insert it and then restart the computer, use the following steps:

1. Restart your computer with the CD still inserted in the drive

2. When the computer restarts, look very carefully at the initial screen it shows. Look for an option such as <F10> Boot Order or Press DEL to enter setup and press the key which is noted (e.g. the Delete key). There are many different variations, so please see your computer manual if you are unsure which button you need to press.

3. Find the options relating to Boot Order, Boot Sequence or similar. Ensure that your CD drive is first in the boot order by following the instructions on-screen.

4. Once satisfied that your CD is first in the boot order, save your changes and restart the computer. It should now start from the Ubuntu installation CD.

If you are still unable to boot from CD, please seek support from one of the Ubuntu support channels.

If it has booted from the CD successfully, Ubuntu will load. This may take a while, as a cut-down copy of Ubuntu must be started from the CD.

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Entering basic information

Once the Ubuntu installation CD has booted successfully, you will be presented with a desktop, with an icon labelled Install. Double-click this icon to start the Ubuntu installer. Then, follow the instructions below:

1. Select your language from the list provided and then press Forward.

2. Select a city from your country and timezone by either clicking the map or selecting a city from the drop-down menu labelled Selected city. Press Set Time... if the time is set incorrectly. Once you are satisfied that the time is correct for your location, press Forward.

3. Select your keyboard layout from the list provided. You can type in the box provided to test that your keyboard is working correctly. Press Forward once you are satisfied that you have chosen the correct keyboard layout.

4. Enter the details requested. Pay particular attention to the password section - by choosing a more complicated password, you can help to make your computer more secure. You must also ensure that you can remember your password correctly, including the case of the letters you use ('ABC' is different to 'abc'). Once satisfied that all of the information you entered is correct, press Forward.

   	When choosing a password, try to use a combination of letters, numbers and punctuation symbols which spell out a random word (e.g. p0tato!). This will make your password harder to guess if someone tries to access your computer without your permission.

5. The Prepare disk space screen will load. This will allow you to partition your hard disk. Partitioning is covered in the next section, Partitioning your disks.

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Final goodbye for early web icon......FUTURE BROWSER IS HERE....FLOCK

Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser

I've heard about Flock from Justin and I've been thinking of downloading it. Now ever since my IE has started behaving weird , I decided that its high time i download this one of a kind browser.

Firefox is the main competitor to IE, particularly in Europe where it has a 28% market share, according to some statistics.
The open source browser's development iscoordinated by the Mozilla foundation, set up by Netscape staff made redundant in 2003. It has had more than 500 million downloads worldwide and in countries such as Finland it is the most popular browser.
'Competition is what brings quality," said Ms Baker.

Flock describes itself as "the social web
browser" and allows people to see feeds from community websites, such
as Flickr and Facebook, and post to blogs without having to navigate to
the page.

"There are lots of ways that people are

engaging in having a conversation and Flock is very focused on making
that as effortless and convenient as possible," said Mr Hardin.

However, not all Netscape users are happy about having to change browser.
"I'm sad. Flock still needs improvement

and I am not happy with Firefox's interface. I'm [an] orphan!" read one
post on the Netscape blog.

Others who posted comments on the blog predicted the browser will make a return.

"Netscape is a wonderful browser, and it will be so in the future," read one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7270583.stm


[excerpts from Wiki]


Flock is a web browser heavily based upon Mozilla Firefox
and other Mozilla technologies. Flock is also the name of the company
developing the browser. Flock's creators call it a "social browser",
due to its ability to interact with popular social networking web services. Such web services include Flickr, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket, and various popular blogging and news aggregation services.

Features

The current beta release has the following feature differences from Firefox:

• Flock's
  custom homepage, "My World", tells you when your friends have new
  photos and videos and when you have new feeds. My World gives quick
  access to your recently visited favorite sites as well.
• Bookmarks, in addition to being saved offline, can be replaced with del.icio.us. When a bookmark (known as a favorite) is added, it is added to the user's del.icio.us account.
• Favorites can be tagged
• A favorites and history section are integrated into the favorites manager
• Built-in full-text search using Clucene. Search as you type for pages in the cache
• Flickr and Photobucket integration
• Technorati tagging
• Blogging tools
• News aggregator
• "Drag-and-drop" capability and a clipboard like feature known as "The Shelf."
• Media Mini Bar, allows you to search, stream, and view content off of sites like YouTube and Truveo.
• Built in uploader, to submit content to flickr and photobucket

Many of these features can be attained through extensions for Firefox. del.icio.us Bookmarks, developed by Yahoo!, Inc., provides integration with del.icio.us online bookmarks. Fotofox, developed as an official extension by the Mozilla Corporation, integrates with Flickr. Sage provides a built in news reader, similar to Thunderbird's.

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