

Based on a quick search, I found out that an estimated 12 million people are using Ubuntu worldwide. It is named after South African ethnic concept meaning "humanity towards others". Ubuntu is a free, open source Linux operating system. However, there are not many changes, and it will still work. *Please note that some of the pictures are from Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, not the latest 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.

(By the way, it is either pronounced u-bun-too or oo-boon-too) Either a CD/DVD Drive or a USB port If you are missing some parts see step 7. Graphics card and monitor capable of 1024 by 768 1GB of RAM (It works with 512 MB though, although it is a little slow) The recommended minimum system requirements are: This Instructable will be showing how to put Ubuntu, a form of open sourced Linux, as the main OS on a laptop that desperately needs rebirth. I tried running Windows, but it was too slow. This was given to me by my dad it was an old computer that had been sitting in a drawer for a few years. Back in the day, this was a top of the line laptop. However, this is from a Dell Latitude D600. If you know about computers, that sounds like the specs of a tablet or a netbook computer.
