Re: kubuntu on old laptop

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Author: Dazed_75
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Subject: Re: kubuntu on old laptop
Where did you get the DVD? I was not able to find a DVD iso for download,
but I only checked 8 of the USA sites. For that matter what variations are
on it? I was hoping desktop, server, alternate ununtu and kubuntu and maybe
even the edu/xbuntu variants (though I would guess not al of them). That
would be very handy for friends and for experimentation.

On 9/23/06, Joseph Sinclair <> wrote:
>
> Hmmm.... I just ran the install this evening using the latest 6.06.1 ISO
> and it had an option to do a text-based install, may have been DVD, however,
> I'll have to check... Oops, I guess it was a DVD, thought it was a CD.
> I just checked the CD, though, and you're right, it only offers the Live
> install. The alternate CD does offer the text-mode install. I guess they
> combined them for the DVD and I just grabbed the wrong disk earlier. Points
> to an advantage for the DVD, it has all of the install methods right there,
> no fumbling for multiple disks.
>
> ==Joseph++
>
> JT Moree wrote:
> > Joseph Sinclair wrote:
> >>> There's an option in the initial menu on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu CD's to do
> a text-mode install (or OEM install or Server install), which bypasses the
> liveCD environment for slower machines, or if you just prefer non-graphic
> installs.
> >
> > I dont think they have that for the latest release. From what the site
> > says and my experience, you have to use the DVD or alternate install cd.
> >
> > --
> > JT Morée
> > PC Xperience, Inc.
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