Ubuntu, After the Download

I finally downloaded a copy of Ubuntu. I burned the file into a CD. I double clicked on the
burned file. I got an error message saying that windows cannot open the file. Any help
in this matter will be appreciated.

Thank you

Zorak nailed it

You need to record the ISO as an ISO / CD image not as a file and you also have to boot from the CD to install ubuntu, you cannot run ubuntu from windows unless you use special tools like VMWare or QEMU.

http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

Alex Feinman's ISO recorder should do the job.

It can record CD ISOs on XP and CD and DVD ISOs on vista ( horrors!!!! ).

GL

You mount it as an iso filesystem under cygwin.

The CD Burn was sucessful. I booted up the computer, and Ubuntu was there. I am ashamed to say it, I froze, not knowing what to do. I removed the CD, and then rebooted back to XP. There were many choices and I did not know which one to select. I want to run it from the CD. Also, what is meant by an alive CD?

Thanks again

Daniel

Turn your PC off unplug you hard drive or hard drives, turn it back on, boot from the Live CD and enjoy.

There is almost nothing you could possibly break with the Live CD with the hard drives unplugged so you can do whatever you want.

You learn by messing with it

Play around, click everything and enjoy.

GL

The above advice of learning by messing with Linux certainly is good advice and applies to other areas as well. It is often said that when learning another language the best thing you can do is completely immerse yourself in it for a month or two. You'd be surprised what you can learn in a short amount of time with total immersion.

Of course, this doesn't completely compare to the idea of learning a new language as many of the same practices that you are used to in windows may translate over to linux, but you get the idea.

Good luck to you.

-Zorak