Which Ubuntu for 2004 Dell Inspiron 8000?

Asked by BILL

My hard drive died with Windows 2000 on it. So i decided to go with ubuntu instead. I bought a new 100G Western Digital 5400 rpm drive. It is unformatted. I am ready to install it.Which version of Ubuntu would be best for this machine? Can I just download a version using my desktop ,burning it to a CD and then pop in into the cd drive of the laptop to format the hard drive and install it? Thanks in advance for any and all help. P.S. I'm not a "newbie" to computers but am one to ubuntu. My laptop has a 1 Ghz. Pentium3 with 512MB RAM

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Best Rodrigo Donado (frezeeer) said :
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Hi:

I think it will be more than fine with ubuntu. You can download it from:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
yes, download it, burn it, and star your pc with the CD on. The live CD has an option to format your HD

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BILL (wga1944) said :
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I will install the drive and give it a try. I am using the most current version of Ubuntu on my desktop but that machine is only 3 years old. I was wondering if i needed to install an older version on my 6 year old laptop. I'll let you know how it works out. Please leave this question open for other respondents. Thankyou Rodrigo!!

Rodrigo Donado <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #10872 on Ubuntu changed:
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Rodrigo Donado proposed the following answer:
Hi:

I think it will be more than fine with ubuntu. You can download it from:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
yes, download it, burn it, and star your pc with the CD on. The live CD has an option to format your HD

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BILL (wga1944) said :
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I got Ubuntu installed. Now to get an internet connection. I'm using a Linksys Wireless-G broadband router (Model WRT54GX2) with 2.4 GHx 802.11g Wireless notebook adapter (Model WPC54GX) . I'll re-install the linksys sofware and see what happens!

BILL <email address hidden> wrote: Your question #10872 on Ubuntu changed:
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You are still having a problem:
I will install the drive and give it a try. I am using the most current
version of Ubuntu on my desktop but that machine is only 3 years old. I
was wondering if i needed to install an older version on my 6 year old
laptop. I'll let you know how it works out. Please leave this question
open for other respondents. Thankyou Rodrigo!!

Rodrigo Donado wrote: Your question #10872 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10872

Status: Open => Answered

Rodrigo Donado proposed the following answer:
Hi:

I think it will be more than fine with ubuntu. You can download it from:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
yes, download it, burn it, and star your pc with the CD on. The live CD has an option to format your HD

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BILL (wga1944) said :
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Thanks Rodrigo Donado, that solved my question.