[Fife Linux Users Group] Ubuntu Install

[Jim McLaren]

On Thursday 27 April 2006 18:34, David Tillotson wrote:
> as much for swap as
> required (I still go with the 2xRAM)

Ooops, I forgot to mention swap. Yes, I still go for 2xRAM as well.

With something as big as 80 GB, I'd tend to only format half of it, and then 
you can add extra partitions as the need arises, so, say:

swap 1GB (assuming 512K of RAM)
/home 10GB
/ 29GB

This also gives you a bit of scope should you want to dual boot to other 
distros. One point to bear in mind if you do this though is to be careful 
when creating users. If you create a user 'jim' in ubuntu, his home directory 
is automatically /home/jim. If you then install (say) Suse 10, you can create 
a user 'jim' but you should make his home directory something 
like /home/jim_suse. The reason being the user settings for one distro may be 
slightly different for another, and you can end up screwing them both. 
If you have any files you need to share, then create a directory that can be 
accessed by both users (eg /home/documents).

My one complaint about Ubuntu is that you cannot specify the settings of the 
default user at installation. You can in Fedora or SuSE.

-- 
Jim