Ubuntu is what I use and I love it. I have recently downloaded the
release candidate of 9.10 and I have never seen a quicker, more powerful
Linux before, I have a feeling you will love it. Now, unfortunately I
do not know how to do a lot of custom things like having your home
folder in a separate partition. But I hardly ever use anything else but
Ubuntu. I do use Windows every so often when I want to play a certain
risque 2d MMO (lol Gee I wonder what that is) but usually I am in
Ubuntu. On another note, that raises a question. How do I set home
folder to a separate partition?
Justin
Jim Tillman wrote:
>
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> Thank you for your help! I'm working on this and i may need you yet
> again as I said I'm way new to all this but I believe linux is what I
> want to become prolific in. To be honest I am a tad scared at this
> point of getting some thing wrong and crashing my computer! But I have
> been reading on this Ubuntu and reading the, pocket guide and
> reference book. Is this a good way to go?
>
> --- On Sun, 10/25/09, Roy <linuxcanuck@
> <mailto:linuxcanuck
>
> From: Roy <linuxcanuck@
> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] new to linux, have not down loaded yet
> need help
> To: LINUX_Newbies@
> Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 3:43 PM
>
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>
> Linux is a bit different from what operating system you might be used
> to. It
>
> allows for you to install the operating system one place and have the user
>
> files elsewhere. The operating system is installed in / (called root) and
>
> the users's files are installed in /home.
>
> Many people find it useful to have your operating system and /home in
>
> separate partitions. The reason is that you can re-use home if done
> this way
>
> and never lose your data or settings if you re-install your operating
>
> system. The root file system is replaced, but the users files would not be
>
> touched provided you elect for a custom installation and do not format
>
> /home.
>
> The file system keeps users away from your root directory and they would
>
> need to know the password for root to make changes.
>
> Since you will be wanting users to use separate drives this suggests a
>
> custom installation anyway. You might as well go the extra mile to have
>
> separate partitions for root and home.
>
> If this was my system, I would partition the larger drive so that it has
>
> about 20 GBs for the root file system and the in one partition
> formatted in
>
> ext3 or 4. The other drive I would format and set as my /home. To do this
>
> you format the drive in ext3 or 4 and set the mount point as /home.
> Use your
>
> user name and password.
>
> After installation you can then add users and give each a password,
> but set
>
> their /home on the unused partition of your other drive.
>
> A couple of considerations are in order. It is easier (but not better) to
>
> have the root partition on your first drive as that is where grub, the
> boot
>
> loader, prefers to reside. It can be edited or installed on the second
>
> drive, but it saves you the hassle. Therefore it might be better to
> use the
>
> remainder of the first drive for your other users and the second drive for
>
> you.
>
> However, you don't say anything about drive size. If users are heavy
>
> downloaders you may want to re-think your placement of their /home folders
>
> and partition size. You can run a distribution in 8 GBs, but if you
> install
>
> lots of applications afterwards, you can run out of space and things bog
>
> down or even crash. If it is 20 GBs for / it leaves you with space for
>
> growth. If you opt for lots of post installation (there are 35000
>
> applications or so) then you want to go larger 30 GBs or even more.
>
> Most space should be devoted to /home as most users download and produce
>
> lots of material.
>
> All things are possible. Well almost. My system has two drives and a
> over a
>
> dozen partitions. I typically have several distributions installed at once
>
> and use several different /homes just for myself. It is that much fun!
>
> Roy
>
> 2009/10/25 JimT <jim6440@yahoo. com>
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Guess the first thing to say is i really do not know much about
> computers.
>
> > and i am very interested in learning linux. I have 2 hard drives on my
>
> > computer and 4 users. I want to know how to do a partition to have
> linux on
>
> > #2 and keep #1 for all the other users. #2 has very little on it
> other then
>
> > what was put on it when it was installed by a computer service co.
> when i
>
> > bought it. I have put a few things on it myself like lanwhois, auslogics
>
> > reg.defrag, google hacks and a trial of smart draw 2010. and my
> guess is i
>
> > can just move them to #1 if i even want to keep them. It is a MAXTOR
> 6Y080M0
>
> > and has 4.08 GB of used and 228 GB of unused space on it. Guess
> thats the
>
> > most of it, just looking for some support on this and looking forward to
>
> > learning linux! Thank you, jim6440
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