By itself, downloading Ubuntu will not delete anything. However, if you tell the Ubuntu installer to erase your hard drive before installing, you will lose all your programs.
No. After download and burn the Ubuntu 10.10 install disk, you can either TRY Ubuntu without affecting your Windows at all, or INSTALL Ubuntu to have them both in your PC. However, to install Ubuntu, you need to be careful. Make sure not to install Ubuntu to the Windows drive. That is all.
All pcs can run Linux. Specifically, you can download and run Ubuntu, which is Linux based. Any PC can run Ubuntu and/or dual-boot Windows and Ubuntu.
Download a program called Wine. It will allow you to run almost all .exes you download from the internet.
ON ubuntu* -first download the restricted extras (it has all the codecs u need) go to you terminal and type in: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras -then if u want a music player to play your files download something like Banshee. go to your ubuntu software center and search banshee and click install
Wiki How, Tech Republic, Ghost T X, and the VM Ware official website all offer instructions on how to download and run the VM Ware software on Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is best, but then I'm biased, as my computers all run Ubuntu!
My suggestion is to backup your personal settings and reinstall Ubuntu and all the programs you had.
Yes , all flash drives work on ubuntu
Heard of different OS's like ArtistX, Ubuntu Studio and dyne;bolic, but really now, who wants these Ubuntu forks when you can download genuine Ubuntu, and get all the free multimedia packages like Blender, Audacity and GIMP (etc...). My advice: go to Ubuntu website and download it (desktop edition) - and if your internet connection is so slow that a >700Mb OS will take like 10 days to get, rather request FREE CD (I went for both options ;)
Yes. All desktop editions of Ubuntu have a LiveCD edition. It is the default and recommended method of installing Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is a free system program. Therefore, all of the software which comes from Ubuntu is free as well. One might want to check out from the main website of Ubuntu.
Not only is he, he might not be at all