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I have been given a PC operating Windowsxp. Browsing with Maxathon as Internet explorer and Google chrome not supported. I desire to run Ubuntu to replace my OS and have downloaded the file Ubuntu. I cannot open this file. Basic question but cannot find solution through google or in help article. Cannot open ISO file. Help!

Graham May
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  • Does this help? https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop#1-overview If not please [edit] your question and describe what goes wrong. – Carl H Dec 01 '20 at 09:11
  • https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-install-ubuntu-desktop#1-overview You have provided no details on what Ubuntu you have downloaded and ready for install. Ubuntu comes available in various releases, plus ISOs for desktops, servers, appliances and more. It's available in different architectures (many of which won't be usable on your machine). You've provided no specs as to your machine, but I'd likely use a flavor (https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours) of Ubuntu. I used machines as old as from 2003 (ie. XP era) to QA-test flavors of 18.04; but I'd not use main Ubuntu on them. – guiverc Dec 01 '20 at 09:17
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    Ubuntu computer minimum spec's: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements – C.S.Cameron Dec 01 '20 at 09:22
  • https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-ubuntu#1-overview https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-macos#1-overview https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-create-a-usb-stick-on-windows#1-overview https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-burn-a-dvd-on-macos#1-overview https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-burn-a-dvd-on-windows#1-overview https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu/14022 – guiverc Dec 01 '20 at 09:30

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You need to be able to boot the 'ISO' file so if you have downloaded it on to the machine you will need to copy it to either a CDROM that you can boot from or other media that the computer can boot from.

The instructions for creating a bootable usb drive might be the easiest way of getting Ubuntu on that machine.

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