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Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04

Ubuntu 8.04 installation walkthrough.
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04

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Starting out ...

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The Heron ...

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Step 1 - Welcome

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Step 2 - Where are you?

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Step 3 - Keyboard layout

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Step 4 - Prepare disk space

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Step 5 - Who are you?

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Step 6 - Ready to install

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Installing ...

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Installing ...

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Installation complete!

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I am a human being!

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The fact that Ubuntu 8.04 ships with Firefox 3.0 beta 5 is a testament to the robustness of the beta.

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Cool themes!

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Fonts

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Visual effects

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