Moving to Open Source

I am very excited, I spent a few days trying out Ubuntu on a Live CD an I lived to tell about it
So here is my report of running ubuntu via a live CD without touching my current OS:

It wasn’t a smooth sail, and it started with a problem.
When you run the CD after the reboot you will get the following screen:

In Order to run the cd you will need to choose (using the keyboard arrows and not the mouse) the first option: Start or Install Ubuntu.
Here I encountered a Problem – the computer started to run the operating system but suddenly froze. The solution for the problem was running Ubuntu via the second choice: Start Ubuntu in safe graphics mode. It started fine.
The screen you will get will be the following one:

note: the screen shots were not taken from my actual running process.

Now you are ready to try Ubuntu.
You can check out the various software applications (play some games), check out the places and the system menus. You can even browse the internet.
And here came my second problem. But thanks to the online community I found a solution.
I had to configure my ADSL internet connection.
The first thing I would like to do after installing any operating system is configure the internet system so I will be able to download stuff an access support and help.
After restarting the computer again in windows, I found a solution.

This is how you configure an ADSL connection on Ubuntu:
Start Ubuntu live CD again and the do the following:
applications -> accessories -> terminal
In the terminal window type the following:
sudo pppoeconf

then follow the instruction which means : answer yes on all the yes/no questions, and typed your login and password to your internet connection. After completing this run the Firefox browser by clicking on the Firefox icon on the top bar and vioala you have internet.

A small warning: Running Ubuntu from a live CD is quite slow, when it is installed on your hard drive it will run much much faster.

After trying it out a bit I decided to install it on my computer. Now there are 2 options: 1. Installing Ubuntu as the sole operating system on the computer. 2. Installing Ubuntu as another operating system and have an option to dual boot it with windows or other OS.

Before you attempt installing Ubuntu you have to Backup all the data you wish to keep, and write down all your internet settings. Once you have access to the internet you have access to all the Help you need, Try configure your internet connection via the live CD in order to confirm that it works properly.
Here is a Blog Post and a Podcast about 10 things to do before installing Ubuntu

The Next stage:
Finally Installing Ubuntu and diving into it.

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