Finally switched

Well I finally got around to dual booting Win7 and Ubuntu. I created a 30GB partition for it and so far I really like it. (Have a 500GB HDD and only used 32GB for windows+programs)
It seems to be much faster than Win7 even though I am still getting used to it. I just love not having to run so many programs to keep it protected and secure.

I'll keep using it and I'll let ya'll know how I like it.

 

Awesome! Congrats, I'm sure you will like it, I sure did, but I had to move to Windows for school purposes. I'll eventually get around to installing a dual-boot.

 

I know what you mean. If it wasn't for school, I might would have done a full switch.
But also my dream is to work for Microsoft and we have internships at my school with them but I guess we'll see how it goes.

 

Welcome to the family! I love my Ubuntu so much

 

Now the only problem I just saw is the version I had download was the 32bit.. should I redo and use 64bit?


EDIT: Well I decided to remove all programs except for my Visual Studio 2010 from my Windows partition, and then ima shrink the windows partition down. How many GB should I have on the one with VS 2010 on it?

 

No, stick with 32 bit. There's a thread someone started in the Linux forum that has to do with Canonical encouraging users to stick with 32 bit, because of drivers and getting things to work. If your a Linux noob like me stay with 32 bit. OTOH if your a Linux vet like most on this forum then use either 32 or 64.

You'll find that most things work a lot smoother i.e. less hassles with 32 bit.

 

welcome to the linux forums and family! hope you enjoy ubuntu. i'm running 10.04 myself right now ..
here's that thread Rodknee is talking about http://forum.notebookreview.com/lin...ising-against-64bit-everyday-desktop-use.html

if you have any questions we'll be glad to try and help! have fun with linux

 

Ha well I already made the switch to 64bit. If something does come up, I will figure it out. I just like learning that way. Im gonna use Ubuntu mainly so I wanted my hardware to be fully functional, as I kept Windows for Visual Studio for school.

 

I'm actually awfully tempted to boot Windows out again... I don't actually need Windows now that I think of it, and I'm sure I can use other different equivalent software for Web Design and learning new Programming Languages. I better think about it for a while... ACTUALLY, YES, I will switch to Ubuntu, I'll just run XP in VirtualBox and use all my Windows stuff on there!

EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure. I'll think about it.

 

Haha just do what I did. I left about 110GB of free space for my Windows partition (already has all programs I need installed). Then used the remaining 320+ for Ubuntu.

I know I don't need that much for just Microsoft Office saves and VS Studio 2010 saves. Im just gonna use Windows for school (programming and Office), everything else is Ubuntu.

 

Haha, Ok! I only have 98GB left, so I'll give Ubuntu 8GB, I'll be generous!

 

I just swapped out hdd's in my laptop so now im running 100% mint9.

 

The only problem I have run into is installing Eclipse (IDE) on Ubuntu. When I try to extract the file through terminal it says it doesnt exist even though im looking right at it.

 

You can just install it from the software center, you know.

 

Yea but I heard its not always the updated one...

 

Yeah, but it will be fairly up to date and much easier to install.

 

Well I just took the tar file that I download from the website and extracted it to my desktop. Then I can run Eclipse from there. Would that be ok?

Since I have been messing around with Ubuntu lately I have learned a lot about it. I am going to end up redoing it and downloading Eclipse IDE for regular languages and then use MonoDevelop for .NET languages. I will also split up my hard drive by making a separate partition for my programming project saves.

 

That should be fine, even though a package would be better.

 

I got one more question. Since I am splitting up my hard drive into separate partitions, should I have my other two as primary or logical. I want it to look like this but any info would be appreciated.

1st - Primary, Mount: / (boot) - 200GB
2nd - Primary, /home - 200GB
3rd - Primary, /safe - 100GB

 

Primary is fine.

 

I too just changed over my old (secondary) laptop's primary OS from Windows XP to Ubuntu 10.04. My main reason for doing so was because Windows couldn't find a WiFi driver for the machine, and the laptop OEM has horrible support with no WiFi drivers to be found anywhere on the Internet.

My last Linux experiences were in Ubuntu 6 - there's definitely huge improvements made since then, particularly in drivers. Graphics, power management, WiFi, and even hotkey drivers were all handled very well.

 

Yeah. Well I just talked to my adviser and he told me that all of their software is compatible with Linux so its gonna be a full conversion.

 

I need to change the permissions for the files in the separate data partition. When I mount it, it mounts in /media/xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Do I use:
sudo chown -R user:group /media/sda3
sudo chmod -R 755 /media/sda3

or

sudo chown -R user:group /dev/sda3
sudo chmod -R 755 /dev/sda3


EDIT: Nevermind, I found out how.