It is usually easier to connect to an Ethernet card than a Wireless card. Therefore, so if you are having problems with your wireless card, you can connect to your Wired card to connect up to the Internet to , and then download and install "restricted" drivers, and then tackle the problem with to make your Wireless cardwork. You can use Use a web browser to test to see if you are properly connected to the Internet.

'''Ubuntu releases a stable version to be downloaded and burned onto a CD'''. As time goes by, there are fixes that are made to that version. Instead of making a newer version of the distribution to be downloaded and burned, those fixes can be updated via the Internet.

The longer the stable version has become, the more updates are required to make that version up-to-datecurrent and stable. For example, I recently installed Ubuntu 9.04 in October 2009 (prior to the release of Ubuntu 9.10), and there were over 240 required updates. The Ubuntu distribution will after a short period of time indicate to automatically notify the user of updatesperiodically...

'''It is a good idea to immediately update your Ubuntu distribution after you can connect to the Internet. ''' Below are the procedures to manually check for updates for your Ubuntu system.