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How I installed ubuntu on my ASUS A6000 laptop ( dual boot with XP ).

1. Put in the live CD, boot with it and double click the install icon on the Desktop.
2. Create a swap & / partition
3. Install ubuntu ( and browse the internet at the same time .
   YES…you can browse the internet using the live-cd and install ubuntu at the same time…that’s better than reading those boring microsoft messages when installing windows….)
4. After the install I installed Automatix and ran the program ( applications -> system tools )
5. Install the video card drivers ( system -> administration -> restricted drivers manager -> enable driver )
6. Install XGL ( because otherwise the visual effects won’t work on this system )

   sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl

7. Reboot the laptop
8. Enable visual effects ( system -> preferences -> appearance -> visual effects )
9. Install the compiz manager with synaptic package manager
10. Install Gnome-Art with synaptic package manager
11. Install gdesklets with synaptic package manager

thats about it

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