How do YOU install ubuntu?

[wolfen69]

this is the way i install ubuntu for myself and others:

upon booting to desktop for first time:

1. install all updates.
2. install video driver.
3. add non-free and commercial repos.
4. then all codecs, java, flash.
5. then ntfs-3g
6. i then top it off with VLC, K3b, etc.
7.change theme.

i do it the same way every time with great results.

how do you do it?

[blithen]

Same way as you really.
Just I skip a step or two
1. install all updates.
2. install video driver.
3. add non-free and commercial repos.
4. then all codecs, java, flash.
6. i then top it off with VLC, K3b, etc.
7.Change back ground.

[FuturePilot]

1. Updates (Always! first)
2. Graphics driver
3. All the codecs, and other programs I use. (Try to do it in one go)
4. Install anything I forgot from the previous step:lolflag: (I always forget something)
5. Start customizing (Usually takes me awhile to settle on a theme, wallpaper, and icons that I like.

[Iandefor]

I just customize an .iso that meets all my needs and don't worry about it until the next release. unsquashfs is my best friend in that respect.

Customizations usually include multimedia support, a few proprietary drivers, and various random applications that don't come with stock Ubuntu.

[karellen]

pop-in the alternate cd then run the installer

[orange2k]

1. Start LiveCD
2. Connect to internet
3. Install

This way after install, Ubuntu also fetches my language settings right - if I dont connect to the internet before the install, then it applies only a small part of the translations...

[Bachstelze]

-> Update
-> Install X
-> Install nvidia drivers
-> Install Fluxbox
-> Install Xchat, Firefox, Pidgin
-> Install KDE
-> Enjoy :)

[russell.h]

1. Change every bit of the theme possible (I'm tired of people going "Is that a mac? It doesn't look like a PC, but it looks like **** - literally")
2. Video drivers (and I think that might do some kernel updates too, as a dependency, but I don't remember for sure)
3. Set up my file system (folders for documents, media, etc, plus set it up to access my file server)
4. Updates
5. Install other programs that I like as I need them

[voided3]

1. Boot the live CD
2. Check internet connectivity
3. Install and reboot (since I use a widescreen I usually have to manually add 1440x900 to xorg.conf as well)
4. DL updates and install video driver
5. Install codecs, plugins, and fonts with Automatix
6. Play with the fonts and theme (this is an ongoing thing really... haha)
7. Copy over games and music depending on what the computer is used for

[diskotek]

pop-in the alternate cd then run the installer

+1 because of my ati radeon x200

[steven8]

I always stand on my left foot, facing north. Lay the tip of my right index finger alongside my nose, and quietly hum the theme from Bonanza.

Then I install from disk, get updates, install acrobat reader, codecs, flash java, etc. and set my wallpaper.

[Caffeine_Junky]

I always stand on my left foot, facing north. Lay the tip of my right index finger alongside my nose, and quietly hum the theme from Bonanza..

hahahah! ...that cracked-me-up!! :lolflag:
*****
I just run the LiveCD/run installer...balh-blah-blah, you know the drill :)

I am thinking of having a go at the Net-Install method soon. ...just for the hell-of-it!

On another partition I do a minimal install of debian-etch and build it from the ground up.. (except for the kernel). I have a nice little KDE-setup with it atm

So Feisty is next on my list for a custom install..

..dont-ya just love Linux!! freeeedomm-baby ..FREEDOM!!!

[aninaiian]

It depends...
For my desktop, the process is something like this...

1. Get rid of all unwanted daemons, libraries, drivers, and apps
2. Install ndiswrapper from thumb drive and set up wireless
3. Update
4. Install all the apps I want (VLC, Wesnoth, Deluge, and other stuff)
5. Install codecs, flash, and the like
6. Change theme

However, since I find myself removing lots of stuff on my laptop if I use the standard cd, somewhere around half of the packages if not more, I usually end up using the server cd which has a different install process...

1. Get rid of all unwanted daemons, libraries, drivers, and apps (much shorter than when using the standard cd)
2. Update
3. Install linux-generic, acpi related stuff, powertop, powermanagment-interface, esound, and some other stuff
4. Set up wireless, so, I don't have to be plugged into the router
5. Blacklist the 8139cp driver, and set vm.swappiness to 0
6. Reboot
7. Install X, synaptic, and the DE and/or window manager of choice
8. Configure .xinitrc and .bash_profile
9. startx and install apps (pretty much the same as my desktop with a few exceptions where I replaced heavier apps with lighter ones and I also install network manager here)
10. Install codecs, flash, and the like
11. Get themes and icons
12. Edit .gtkrc-2.0
13. Reboot and profile

Boy, my laptop install is tedious...

[theDaveTheRave]

Funny stuff instalation!

When others ask to try Ubuntu I go for the really simple easy case.

Burn a LIve CD.

ensure I have my email address / contact phone number in case the have a problem

add the web address of the forums (and give them my user handle).

Warn them that "multimedia" is interesting to get working, but if they need a hand to call / email / check the forums.

Tell them to "play" with it from live before going whole heartedly over to either a dual boot or total obliteration of Winows!

If the do install, make sure they are hard wired into the net, as I have experienced "fun" in getting wireless to funtion, and this will then collect any updates that they require.

Ask them a few days later how things are going, do they need any help?

I must admit if I was going to load up Ubuntu for my mum I would probably not go about it in quite this fashion ;)

I guess I must do the ISO thing for the next few, I'm sure they would apreciate having functioning multimedia playback!

Or can I add multimedia and all the codecs to a single disk and just distribute that?? (or copy a compressed version to a usb key and email it to them??).

Dave

[SunnyRabbiera]

First I burn the ISO
then I reboot my computer
then I boot into the live CD
then I wait till everything loads
then I click on the "install ubuntu" icon
then go into the setup process
then when the setup process is done I reboot

simple :p

[anaconda]

I usually download only the mini.iso which is less than 10MB and then install from that..

[hessiess]

i just install it, then transfur mu stuff, then edit the desctop a little

[lisati]

Install from LiveCD
If LiveCD not suitable, use alternate CD
reboot
establish wireless connection as applicable
do tweaks to prevent usb keyboard and usb mouse locking up
do tweaks to prevent keying annoying prompt for wireless password
reboot
updates
codecs for playing DVDs etc
other software as required and/or anticipated
set up email
set up Foxmarks on browser
....


On the "to do list":

research disabling phantom CD-rom which apparently has both music and data

[AndyCooll]

I usually download only the mini.iso which is less than 10MB and then install from that..

Yeah, I've started using this, means you can miss out the "Updates" bit since it automatically installs the latest version of everything.

Next I install nfs-common and ssh nad amend a few details (such as adding my missus as a user. fixing the IP address, adding the network printer etc).

Then I add the extra repositories and install additional apps I use that aren't in the default install (codecs, Amarok, Revelation, Tag Tools, etc).

Finally I install a few extra apps not currently in the repos (Pidgin, VirtualBox etc).

:cool:

[urukrama]

1. Use the alternate install CD and do a server install.
2. Install localepurge, debfoster, deborphan, prelink, preload, readahead and configure them where necessary
3. Install x and a window manager and desktop environment of choice (generally Openbox and xfce or gnome)
4. Install all the applications I actually need. Anything else is added later when the need or desire arises.
5. Search for updates and install them.
6. Configure my desktop to suit my needs and tastes (themes, icons, fonts, wallpapers, application configurations, etc.)
7. Copy my backup files into the new home partition (if needed).

[C.A.T.S. CEO]

Boot from CD
Install Ubuntu Server
Reboot
sudo aptitude
Update via aptitude
Go to Tasks a check ubuntu-desktop
Wait till download/install is done
reboot to gnome
install irssi, WINE*, QEMU, zsh, lynx, flash*, SSH menu, OpenSSH Server
Configure zsh and set it to the default shell
Install FreeDOS or ReactOS to QEMU
Configure SSH menu
Configure OpenSSH
Change the motd and issue.net
Install anything I forgot

Rock and roll!

*If on a 32-bit x86 system