Heath

I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install it
completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?
Thanks.
Heath

Chris Game

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:56 GMT, Heath wrote:

> I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I
> install it completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they
> have to download. Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?

Yes, suck it and see. You'll soon be running slrn, downloading
packages and chattering about 'mission-critical machines' with the
best of 'em!

--
Chris Game

"An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke."
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald

NoStop

Heath wrote:

> I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install it
> completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
> Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?
> Thanks.
> Heath

Yes, if it's the livecd version that you have. Since I don't know what
you've been sent, can't say for sure. But you can always place the cd in
your DVD/CDROM drive, set your bios to boot first from that device and see
what happens. If it is trying to install right off the bat, just turn off
the computer. :-) If it takes you to a Ubuntu desktop, then it's a livecd
and you can run it all you like to check it out without worrying about it
installing on your computer unless you choose to do so.

Cheers.

--
Sometimes, I Wake Up Grumpy.
Sometimes, I Just Let Him Sleep In.
-- My Wife

Robin T Cox

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:56 +0000, Heath wrote:

> I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install
> it completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
> Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd? Thanks.
> Heath

Yes.

<quote>
All CDs currently contain the currently released version of Ubuntu. For
every CD you order, we will send you one package that contains a single
CD (live CD installer) in a cardboard wallet. This is true for all
architectures.
</quote>

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/shipit-faq

Alias

NoStop wrote:
> Heath wrote:
>
>> I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install it
>> completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
>> Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?
>> Thanks.
>> Heath
>
> Yes, if it's the livecd version that you have. Since I don't know what
> you've been sent, can't say for sure. But you can always place the cd in
> your DVD/CDROM drive, set your bios to boot first from that device and see
> what happens. If it is trying to install right off the bat, just turn off
> the computer. :-) If it takes you to a Ubuntu desktop, then it's a livecd
> and you can run it all you like to check it out without worrying about it
> installing on your computer unless you choose to do so.
>
> Cheers.
>

I ordered two CDs and they're live CDs.

Alias

Moog

Chris Game illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:56 GMT, Heath wrote:
>
>> I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I
>> install it completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they
>> have to download. Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?
>
> Yes, suck it and see. You'll soon be running slrn, downloading
> packages and chattering about 'mission-critical machines' with the
> best of 'em!

You missed out....

Running Windows newsreaders via wine 'cos I'm too much of a stick in
the mud to move from crappy Dialog"

--
Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."

Moog

Heath illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install it
> completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
> Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?

That depends where you ordered it from.

If you ordered from shipit.ubuntu.com then yes. You will have the LiveCD.

If you ordered it from elsewhere, this may not be the case. If you can
let us know where you ordered it from, we can tell you if it is an
install or a LiveCD version.

--
Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."

Heath

Ordered it from a local grocery store. Where the hell do you think I ordered
it from?? Ubuntu's website.

"Heath" <heathk2007@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:kgY2j.59395$cD.33675@pd7urf2no...
>I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install it
>completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
> Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?
> Thanks.
> Heath
>

Moog

Heath illuminated alt.os.linux.ubuntu by typing:
> Ordered it from a local grocery store. Where the hell do you think I ordered
> it from?? Ubuntu's website.

No need for the sarcasm Heath. You can order Linux CD's from many,
many places.

I was only trying to ascertain from where so we could answer your
question. Don't be such a touchy bastard.

--
Moog

"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the
leather straps."

de Kameel

Heath wrote:

> Ordered it from a local grocery store. Where the hell do you think I
> ordered it from?? Ubuntu's website.

1) top posting
2) follow-up to your own post, but referencing to another post
3) unfriendly language

Wow. "Good luck" in this newsgroup.

de Kameel


>
> "Heath" <heathk2007@shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:kgY2j.59395$cD.33675@pd7urf2no...
>>I recently ordered Ubuntu 7.10 on cd. Can I try it out before I install it
>>completely onto my computer? Like that live cd they have to download.
>> Can I just try it out from the 7.10 cd?
>> Thanks.
>> Heath
>>