Install Ubuntu Netbook Edition with Wubi Installer

Netbooks, along with the growing number of thin, full powered laptops, lack a CD/DVD drive.

Operating systems, however, are usually installed from a disk.

Getting Started

Download and initiate the Wubi installer for Ubuntu (link below).

Also, from the Desktop environment menu, select Ubuntu Netbook to roll out the netbook edition.

Click Install when your controls are correct.

Wubi will automatically download the selected version of Ubuntu and install it on your machine.

Windows Firewall may ask if you want to unblock Wubi; select your internet and click Allow access.

The download will take around an hour on broadband, depending on your internet connection speed.

Once the download is completed, it will automatically install to your gear.

Then, when you run Wubi, pick the netbook edition as before and click Install.

Wubi will verify that your download is valid, and will then proceed to install from the downloaded ISO.

This install will only take about 10 minutes.

Once the install is finished you will be asked to reboot your machine.

Save anything else you’re working on, and then reboot to finish setting up Ubuntu on your netbook.

When your rig reboots, select Ubuntu at the boot screen.

Ubuntu will automatically finish the install when you boot into it the first time.

This took about 12 minutes in our test.

When the setup is finished, your netbook will reboot one more time.

Remember again to select Ubuntu at the boot screen.

You’ll then see a second boot screen; press your Enter key to grab the default.

Ubuntu only took less than a minute to boot in our test.

When you see the login screen, select your name and type your password you setup in Wubi.

Now you’re ready to start exploring Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

Pre-installed applications are displayed in the system launcher, and are organized by category.

Click once to open an app.

The first screen on the app launcher shows your favorite programs.

Your files from Windows are still accessible from Ubuntu Netbook Remix.

Now you’ll be able to see all of your files from Windows.

you’re able to also easily install a variety of free applications via the Software Installer.

Choose a background picture you’d like.

Now you’ll see it through your utility launcher.

Most applications are opened full-screen.

you’ve got the option to also switch to other applications from their icons on the top left.

pop swing open the home screen by clicking the Ubuntu logo in the far left.

To change this, boot into Windows and enter Advanced system prefs in your start menu search.

In this dialog, click options under Startup and Recovery.

it’s possible for you to enter a lower number to make the boot screen appear for less time.

And if you’d rather make Ubuntu the default operating system, select it from the drop-down list.

Select it, and click Uninstall.

Click Uninstall at the prompt.

Conclusion

Ubuntu Netbook Remix offers an attractive Linux interface for netbooks.

We enjoyed trying it out, and found it much more user-friendly than most Linux distros.

Links

Download Wubi Installer for Windows

Download Ubuntu Netbook Edition