okay so i bought this laptop forever ago was just a shell. bought a hardrive battery and so fourth. then ran into the issue of what OS to use. well long story short a buddy of mine from work whom i no longer work with installed to my knowledge and understand is ubuntu mate 14.04. i would like to wipe the enitre old system off and replace it with brand new ubuntu 16.04 or 17.01 but i really am not the smartest when it comes to this whole terminal deal. so if maybe someone can give me some insight on how to go about this. all i want is to wipe everything off old and start OS brand new newest version and absolutely nothing on it at all other then the new OS. please Help, ty in advance. i have a 80gb hardrive.
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No need to be a terminal Guru here: Just download the ISO for the Ubuntu version you want and make a "Live CD/USB" for it. Unfortunately, this is installing a fresh version so you will need to back up any files that you don't want to lose permanently.
You can find ISO files here for standard Ubuntu here:
I'd recommend Xenial (16.04) since it's a long-term release: it will have updates released for longer than other releases. Of course, ISO image files for and distribution of your choice will work too. I recommend the Ubuntu clone "elementary OS" for a user-friendly, linux GUI which is fairly lightweight and works great on my ancient laptop: https://elementary.io/
To create a Live USB, just insert one into your machine and use "Startup Disk Creator" to select the ISO you want to use.
Depending on your system, you may need to install the disk creator:
sudo apt-get install usb-creator-gtk
See here for more details on the Start up Disk:
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/create-a-bootable-ubuntu-usb-flash-drive-the-easy-way/
Reboot your machine with the "Live" USB inserted and you're good to go. It should bot onto the disk and you can "Try" or "Install" the Linux distribution all through the GUI. No need for the terminal for the installation unless the packages you wish to install afterwards are not supported by the Software Centre App.
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