Ubuntu

my system has xp now. how to install ubuntu? i hav the cd with me.

Hi, I’m half way through a software project (open-source) which I would like to add to ubuntu’s package manager so anyone can use it. Been searching for ages but can’t find any ’starting point’ for doing this. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks.

i downloaded firefox, but it just shows folders and weird icons and no convenient installer.

just wondering, how do you install windows apps on ubuntu?

I want to know what ubuntu is good for. I know its cool and stuff
but what can it do that windows really can’t?
I’ve used it before and I figured out a lot but I don’t really see what’s the point.I know it doesn’t get any viruses but it seems like easier to worry about viruses and spyware in Windows than figuring out how to do things in Linux.

How can i show programs in my desktop in ubuntu?
I recently installed a program for music in ubuntu, I can’t find where it went! I can run it from terminal but i want it on my desktop so i can just open it from there? is not in sound and video. Thanks

also, is it possible to make the system automatically load XP, unless i press a button to bring up the menu?

I have downloaded the program, it says i need to install packages(5). I do that, then nothing happens…what happens next?

i have a homemade operating system i wish to install, and need to remove unbuntu, plz help.

I have installed 6 different Ethernet cards, some were Linux compatible, and it was only Red Hat Linux…so…how do I get online when I can’t get an Ethernet card to work regardless of what I do?
Well, I dont know how to change any settings, but if someone were to tell me how I could learn.
I am using whatever the newest version of Linux is.

The ethernet card is US Robotics, but Im not sure of the model. And Ive had a few 3com ones…but they didnt have drivers on the website.

I want too take about 10 gigs and make it into a linux on my system is this possible or do I have too reformat and reinstall windows too.