If you get yourself a USB stick of 4GB or so (bigger does not matter), then get on to Roomie's computer and download Lubuntu from the following site
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/18.04.2/release/
The one you want to get is by choosing the blue highlighted part as described below
32-bit PC (i386) desktop image
For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors.
Just let it save to the default location, likely Downloads.
On the same web page, if you scroll further down, you'll see a section with a curvy arrow and Parent Directory, and 7 lines down
SHA256SUMS
Click that. These are the hashsum algorithms that confirm that your download is complete, legitimate and has not been tampered with nor corrupted during the download process.
The bottom one is the one you are interested in, which is described as
*lubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-i386.iso
If you get yourself a USB stick of 4GB or so (bigger does not matter), then get on to Roomie's computer and download Lubuntu from the following site
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/18.04.2/release/
The one you want to get is by choosing the blue highlighted part as described below
32-bit PC (i386) desktop image
For almost all PCs. This includes most machines with Intel/AMD/etc type processors and almost all computers that run Microsoft Windows, as well as newer Apple Macintosh systems based on Intel processors.
Just let it save to the default location, likely Downloads.
On the same web page, if you scroll further down, you'll see a section with a curvy arrow and Parent Directory, and 7 lines down
SHA256SUMS
Click that. These are the hashsum algorithms that confirm that your download is complete, legitimate and has not been tampered with nor corrupted during the download process.
The bottom one is the one you are interested in, which is described as
*lubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-i386.iso
It's only the hashsum we need, and that is
c9c1d35fe29a4862ba56e708fd015f2cc39079f2a31e40ddaf1b168655a6e9ac
On Windows 10:
1. Go to start menu and start to type in
powershell
... and launch it
2. Take a look at my screenshot below and we'll examine it.
SCREENSHOT 1 - LUBUNTU HASHSUM CHECK FROM WINDOWS 10
My hashsum will differ from yours, because my example is for the 64-bit version, yours for the 32-bit. But if you look on that webpage with the sums, you will see mine matches that given. Yours should be the one typed above.
So all you need is your Roomie's userid (not his/her password), which will show with the "prompt", that is in my case,
C:\Users\chris
So I change directory to Downloads as shown above, run a "dir" to establish my Lubuntu .iso is there, and then as follows:
I click on the "l" for lubuntu, then double-click and it highlights
I press Ctrl-c to copy, then go to the blinking cursor at the bottom and
Press Ctrl-v to paste, and the full name of the iso appears.
Press Home for the insertion point to move to the start of the line, and then
Type in the command starting with
Get-FileHash
and complete the details as per Roomie's userid
Press Enter and the SHA256sum will be revealed in a moment.
Compare it against the number I typed above, or from the website to see it matches (forget that Windows puts in capitals to show it).
Once that is done, you know you have a legitimate download of your Lubuntu iso and we are ready to burn it to the stick.
Start making a list of things to fix up with Roomie's computer, and first, perhaps is to remove the Lubuntu .iso (but not now).
There are a couple of small downloads still to be made, to burn the iso to the USB stick, and these might include
Burning it to a stick using
Rufus,
Unetbootin, or
Etcher
Let us know when you are ready to proceed.
Wizard