<table width[[Category:Ubuntu]][[Category:Linux]]= Obtaining Ubuntu on CD/DVD ="100%">[[Image:cd.png|right]][[Category:Ubuntu]] Ubuntu releases a new distribution every 6 months - April and October. The release number consists of a number followed by a period followed by the month number. For example: '''8.04''', '''8.10''', '''9.04''', '''9.10'''. The release usually has a <tri> descriptive<td width="75%"/i>name of an animal.
The process to download and burn-in your own CD version of Ubuntu is simple, provided that you have a connection to the Internet, and your computer system has a CD burner.
Below are the step involved in the downloading of the install image and the burning of the install image onto a CD.
'''== Step 1: Determine If Your Computer System is 32-bit or 64-bit machine'''==
You need to select the type of Ubuntu distribution that you want to install.It is recommended first to see what type of computer system you have - either '''32-bit''' or '''64-bit'''.To find out It is important to know this information, since you can go to the ''CONTROL PANEL'' cannot install a 64-bit Linux distribution on your MS WIndows system and view the type of a 32-bit computer system (. Some prefer to install a 32 or -bit Linux distribution on a 64 -bit)computer for application stability reasons..
It is <u>important</u> Regardless, to know find out this information since , you cannot install a 32-bit Linux distribution can go to the '''CONTROL PANEL''' on a 64-bit your MS WIndows system and view the type of computer,system (32 or a 64-bit Linux distribution on a 32-bit computer).
'''== Step 2: Download CD image to Your Computer'''==
'''== Step 3: Burn Downloaded Image to a CD'''==
Here is a link that provides steps on how to burn in a CD image: [https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/switching/installing-burning.html Burn Downloaded Image File]
</td> <th valign="top">Now that you have burned the Ubuntu install image on your CD, you need to install it.[[ImageThere are several approaches (ways) to install Linux on your machine.Refer to the following links to install your Ubuntu Linux Distribution:cd.png]] </th></tr>* Install Ubuntu While Running MS Windows (WUBI)* Install Ubuntu (boot from CD)</table>* Setup and install a Diskless Computer Lab (LTSP - Edubuntu) (Boot from CD)
