[LinuxUsers] Advice

[Jason]

I'll be single booting since I have several other machines. So I'm not  
worried about screwing up and trying over

As to my exposure/experience with Linux I'm a novice. Dave exposed me  
to it years ago but I only dabbled with it.




On Sep 18, 2009, at 9:48 AM, Randall Whitman <909linux at whizman.com>  
wrote:

>> I have a 15 inch acer that I'm going to put Linux on.  I'm
>> finally fed up with vista and xp that I want to seriously use Linux.
>
> Are you planning to dual-boot or install Linux only?  How familiar  
> are you
> with Linux (i don't remember from any previous posts, sorry)?  If not
> accustomed to Linux-only, and not planning to dual-boot, it can be a  
> good
> idea to run Linux from one of Live-CD/USB or WUBI-install, until  
> used to it.
>
>> I have the ubuntu 9.04 distro. Should I just allow it to run through
>> a standard setup or are there settings that I should be looking for?
>
> We always do manual partitioning (even though that may be the  
> hardest part
> of install process) - at a minimum separate partitions for / (system)
> and /home (data).
> We also routinely add the OpenOffice PPA repository to the Software  
> Sources,
> so we get the newest OpenOffice through the Package Manager.
> (Well, we also get rid of libmono and install gThumb.)
>
>> Also opinions should I install the desktop distro or the netbook?
>
> My recommendation is to try LiveCD or LiveUSB of both and see which  
> you
> like better.
>
> /Randall
>
>
> Randall Whitman
> Whizman Software Solutions
> www.whizman.com
> _______________________________________________
> LinuxUsers mailing list
> LinuxUsers at socallinux.org
> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers