Central Queensland Linux User Group

To make things as easy as possible, Ubuntu has an official one stop site on how to download the Ubuntu ISO (32 & 64 bit), write the downloaded ISO file to a CD or usb, how to test run Ubuntu and how to install Ubuntu. The guide can be found here: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download

Once you have installed Ubuntu you can add programs and also tweak Ubuntu to suit your needs. Here are just a few of the 'post install guides', including the official Ubuntu post install guide:

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Lucid

http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-wh...

http://www.my-guides.net/en/guides/linux/193-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-1004-post...