Andre,
   You need to burn it as an ISO CD image onto the CD. The first time I tried I 
made the mistake of saving it as a regular file (a common mistake apparently).
See:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto



--
73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
FN42hi
http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Andre Kesteloot <[email protected]>
> Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ wrote:
> > Bob,
> >    Let me know how you make out with it, I've recently downloaded the 
> > Ubuntu 
> Linux and may switch one of my laptops over.
> >
> > --
> > 73 Warren K2ORS/WD2XGJ
> > FN42hi
> > http://www.w4dex.com/wd2xgj.htm
> several people I know have been unable to get Ubuntu to boot.
> Any comments ?
> 
> 73
> Andr� N4ICK
> 
> 
>