MS Windows XP Professsional SP2 Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHz, 991MB RAM, VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP My PC is fairly old, about 5 yrs to be exact. Want to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows XP. Please give me the detailed procedure to install it. I am a novice at it so no jargon please. Ok. Thnx. :)
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Do you want to install Ubuntu 13.04 or 14.04? – Dremor Jun 05 '14 at 12:31
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1On this old machine i would prefer Xubuntu 14.04, take look at this link http://askubuntu.com/questions/206407/how-do-i-find-out-which-version-and-derivative-of-ubuntu-is-right-for-my-hardwar – TuKsn Jun 05 '14 at 21:18
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To start you'll have to create 2 partitions. You can do this by using PartedMagic. PartedMagic can be installed on a pen drive using unetbootin. A partition is a part of your hard drive you designate as separate from the other part. Keep in mind that you should have at least 5 gb of space to run linux but about 40+ gp is recommended if you're going to use it extensively.
After this you can install xp onto one of the partitions like you normally would.
The next step is to install linux onto the other partition (in your case Ubuntu 13.04, which I should mention has expired his support date so you'll receive NO updates.I recommend you to choose 14.04 lts. That version will receive updates for the next 5 years) using recommended settings. Linux will install a grub. The grub will let you choose what operating system you want to boot.
If it doesn't show your xp OS you'll have to run a boot repair cd. This can also be installed onto a pendrive using unetbootin.
Reboot your computer and it should automatically boot into linux. if you want to change this default behavior you can run a Grub Customize to set xp as the default OS.
If any part was unclear you can comment on this post
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