You can explicitly specify which partitions you want to create on your hard disk.įor this guide, we will click on ‘ Something Else’ so that we can manually define the partitions to be created. The second option allows you to manually partition your hard drive.
It also automatically partitions your disk and is recommended for those who are unfamiliar with the manual partitioning of a hard drive.
The first option – Erase disk and install Xubuntu – wipes out your entire disk along with any files and programs. The installer provides two options for Installing Xubuntu. Install Xubuntu Updates Create Xubuntu Disk Partitions In my case, I selected both options and pressed ‘ Continue’. In the next step, you are provided with the option of downloading updates and other third-party software packages for graphics, WiFi, and other media formats. Xubuntu Keyboard Layout Install Xubuntu Updates Next, choose your preferred keyboard layout and click ‘ Continue’. Install Xubuntu Desktop Select Keyboard Layout Since our goal is to install Xubuntu, click on the ‘ Install Xubuntu’ option. To try out Xubuntu without installing, click on ‘ Try Xubuntu’. Shortly after, the Graphical installer will pop up and present you with two options. This can take a while, so just be patient. The installer will perform some filesystem integrity checks. On startup, you will see a Xubuntu log splash on the screen. Just to be sure that your PC boots from the USB drive, head over to the BIOS settings, and set the boot order with your USB drive at the very top of the boot priority. Now plug in the bootable USB drive into your PC and reboot it. Create Xubuntu USB Bootable Image Begin the Xubuntu Installation If you have downloaded the ISO from a Windows machine, you can use the Rufus utility to make the USB drive bootable. You can use the UNetBootin tool or the dd command. There are a couple of ways of doing this. The first step is to create a bootable USB drive for installing Xubuntu using the downloaded Xubuntu ISO image. You also need a 16GB USB drive which will be used as a bootable installation medium. You can download it from the Official Xubuntu download page.
Additionally, you need an ISO image of Xubuntu 20.04.