Installing Ubuntu 13.04

This site is where you can find the official documentation developed and maintained by the Ubuntu Documentation Project.

This page contains documentation for Ubuntu 13.04, the latest stable version, released in April 2013.

Here you can find detailed information for a variety of methods for installing Ubuntu. More advanced installation options are covered. For a standard Desktop CD installation, which is the recommended method of installing Ubuntu, the Graphical Install page on the Ubuntu community documentation site might be the preferred reference. Also, there is the more general Ubuntu community installation site.

To view the detailed installation guide, choose the architecture of your computer from the list below.

Maintenance of this installation guide has fallen behind. Some information can be misleading and/or obsolete.

If you can't find what you are looking for here, try the excellent source of community contributed documentation.