Re: [tlug] installing Ubuntu on Panasonic CF-R4

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

> As I understand it, Ubuntu have two versions of their disks. Desktop and
> Alternative.
> Desktop - Has the live CD and GUI installer.
> Alternative - Has a more traditional style installer with more options. It
> also works on systems with less than the 192MB RAM required to run the
> live CD.

This is the case. Alternative also seems to come with more drivers
accessible during the install phase. I tried installing from the
Desktop CD to find that my HDD was a dead stick. The alternative CD
worked a treat, and now my wife is a happy Ubuntu user :-)

Regards, Keith