dhoward66201 wrote: > I intend to either reload Windows XP first or leave it on there and > then add Ubuntu. Either way, Windows XP will already be on the > system. But, will I have to do anything like use fdisk to > repartician the hard drive or will Ubuntu take care of that on > installation? >
Obviously, Linux must have an unoccupied space to reside in. If your Windows partition is currently occupying all of your hard drive, there are Windows applications like PartitionMagic that can shrink the Windows partition (assuming you have empty space in the partition), so that you will then have unallocated space on the hard drive, into which Linux can then be installed. Adding a second hard drive for Linux is another option. I have never used Ubuntu, but suspect that it will have 'auto' and 'advanced' installation paths, with the 'auto' path doing most everything for you. Just make sure it does not automatically erase your Windows partition(s). > One of the applications I currently use on Windows XP is Keepass, a > password manager. If I can find applications like this supposedly > written for Linux, do I have to worry about the flavor of Linux I am > running? > Yes. There are password managers for Linux, and some of them are multi-platform, with Windows versions of the same application. If Linux and Windows both have access to the same data partition, then by installing the Windows version on Windows, and the Linux version on Linux, both operating systems should be able to access the same password database. This works with a lot of Open Source apps, that are multi-platform, like Open Office. I was surprised to see that Ubuntu installs w/o 'make'. If I were doing this, I would make sure that I set up Ubuntu with the gcc compiler, all libraries, 'make' and everything necessary to develop, compile, modify C/C++ code. A lot of really neat applications for Linux are simply not released as binaries, and have to be built from source code. It's nice to have the tools handy, just in case you decide to play with them. -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
