Ubuntu Installation

Grab a bootable USB and follow these steps for installation:

Free Up Some Space

It would be better to make the required free space on the disk before starting the installation procedure. In the Windows menu, search for ‘disk partitions’ and go to "Create and format hard disk partitions".

In the Disk Management tool, right-click on the drive which you want to partition and select shrink volume.

You can free up as much space as you can for linux. Ubuntu require minimum of 20GB and as we are going to install few more softwares, it would be better if you can free up mimum of 40GB (40,960 MB).

Note

If you have just one partition , you need to make some free space out of it for Linux. If you have several partitions of considerable size, use any of them except C drive because it may erase the data.

Boot into Linux

If you have UEFI enabled (if you don't know what that means, keep following the below steps):

• In the Windows menu, search for UEFI and then click on "Change advanced startup options":
• Go to the "Advanced startup" option and click on "Restart now" button.
• On the next screen, click on "Use a device".

If there is no such option, that means UEFI is not enabled on your machine. In that case restart restart your machine, goto system boot menu and select USB drive.

After few seconds, you will see a screen and using arrow keys, select "Install Ubuntu" option and press Enter key.

Installing along with Windows 10

• Start the installation procedure. The first few steps are simple. You choose the language and keyboard layout.
• On the next screen, choose Normal installation. No need to download updates or install third-party software just yet. You may do it after installation completes.

• Hit continue. It may take some time to go to the next step.

  

• If you see the "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager" on the Installation type screen, you are in luck. You can select this method and hit continue.

  

  The next screen will give you the option to create a partition for Ubuntu by dragging the divider. You can allocate appropriate disk space to Linux here.

• But if you are one of the unlucky ones who don’t see this option, no need to worry. Things are not that bad for you. You can still install Ubuntu with Windows.

  • On the Installation type screen, go with Something Else.

    

    It will take you to the partitioning screen. Remember you had created some free space beforehand?

  • Select the free space and click on the + sign.

    

    It will provide you with the option to create a Linux partition. You are creating the root partition. Anything above 25 GB is more than sufficient for it. Choose the size, select Ext 4 as file type and / (means root) as the mount point.

    

    Clicking on OK in previous step will bring you to the partition screen.

  • Next, create swap. Like previously, click on the + sign again. This time, use the file type as Swap area.

    

    If you have 2 GB or less RAM, use swap double the size of RAM. If you have 3-6 GB of RAM, use a swap of the same size as RAM. If you have 8 GB or more RAM, you may use swap half the size of RAM.

  • In the similar fashion, create a Home partition. Allocate it maximum space (in fact allocate it rest of the free space) because this is where you’ll save music, pictures and downloaded files.

    

  • Once you are ready with Root, Swap and Home, click on Install Now:

• Well, you have almost won the battle. You can smell victory now. Select a timezone when asked.

• Next, you’ll be asked to enter a username, hostname (computer’s name) and a password.
• Now it’s just the matter of waiting. It should take 8-10 minutes to complete the installation.
• Once the installation finishes, restart the system.
• You’ll be asked to remove the USB disk. You can remove the disk at this stage without worrying. The system reboots after this.