Re: Where to start with Linux?

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:53:06 GMT, A|B wrote:

Thanks for your input, I downloaded the Ubuntu Live CD, 6.06 and 7.04, I'm
not sure which should I start with first,

7 instead of 6

but now the question is, I want
to keep XP on my laptop, so I'm making a partition on the HD, and one of
the options that it has it to make the partition with a system of Linux
Ext2, Linux Ext3 and Linux Swap, NFTS or the FAT's version, any suggestions
on which to choose? Thanks Ray.

If I were you, I would create a partition about 10 gig and in it
I'll create a swap partition, size of ram+512meg.
During install I would pick manual/custom, click the free/unformated
remaing space and let the linux distribution pick it's default file
system type.

Since you picked ubuntu, you may want to subscribe to the
alt.os.linux.ubuntu newsgroup.
.

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