[ale] speaking of KDE 4.1 and Ubuntu 8.10

[Geoffrey Myers]

On Nov 15, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Robert Reese~ wrote:

> Okay, kinda dumb questions:
>
> I just got a 1TB drive to replace a bad 200GB system drive in an AMD  
> 64 cheapo Compaq Walmart Vista computer (god I ***HATE*** Vista!!).   
> I cloned over from the old drive, leaving me with nearly 800GB of  
> available space.  In addition to the Vista partition I want to have  
> the following set up:
>
> The requisite boot partition(s) with both Ubuntu 8.10 Kubuntu with  
> KDE 4.1
> A separate shared Linux data partition - 250GB
> The requisite swap partition
> And the remainder space as shared NTFS data space where I will keep  
> my documents and desktops from Vista.
>
> I intend on maxing out the ram to 4GB and running VMWare Workstation  
> under Ubuntu/Kubuntu and migrating to using VMs of MS operating  
> systems whenever possible instead of booting straight to Vista.
>
>
> So the stupid questions I have are:
>
> What size to make the boot partitions, and can I get away with just  
> one and simply choose which desktop environment I want to run?

I usually make my /boot about 100M.  I may not understand the question  
though, you keep referring to 'boot partitions' which is plural.  You  
only need one boot partition.

I assume you are referring to gnome/kde, yes, you can choose the one  
you want when you login.

>
> What size for the swap partition since I have all the space I want?

With 4GB of memory, you probably don't need any swap, but I usually  
create a 1 gig swap space.

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Later, Geoffrey