I used only 15Gb of my laptop HDD (105 Windows, 15Gb Ubuntu 804). Although my laptop is running 1Gb RAM, my other machines are running 1.5Gb n a Compaq workstation, and 4Gb RAM on a Dell Server sc420. Also, with my laptop running with Ubuntu/Windows XP Pro, from the Ubuntu OS I can see the Windows NTFS partition and read & write to it. It showed up on the Ubuntu Desktop automatically, so no need for me to mount it or anything.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ricardo Araoz > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NF] Linux and back (was Microsoft slips Novell another tenth > ofa billion) > > > David Smith wrote: > > I'm running the same setup as you, and it has been great. Ubuntu is the > > first ( of many, many attempts ) distribution I have tried that > has passed > > my personal "is it ready for prime time?" test, which is, I > never have to > > touch the command line to do what I want to do. Ever. That's > not to say I > > don't go in there for the fun of it, but that I don't have to > makes all the > > difference. > > > > David Smith > > Systems Administrator > > Doan Family of Dealerships > > (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.upstatedigitools.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Jeff Johnson > > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:36 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion > > > > I did the same thing with my HP TX1000. Most of the features > worked with > > Ubuntu out of the box, but some things still don't work with XP. > > The laptop was designed for Vista and came with Vista and some of the > > drivers are not available for XP. I often wondered how Ubuntu had the > > drivers but XP does not. > > > > On my desktop I only installed Ubuntu and am running XP and > (will run) Vista > > (for testing) in Virtual Box. > > > > I might note that the level of support from the Linux community is > > tremendous whenever I have encountered a problem. > > > > Jeff > > > > Jeff Johnson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SanDC, Inc. > > 623-582-0323 > > Fax 623-869-0675 > > > > Phoenix Python User Group - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Ed Leafe wrote: > >> On Aug 20, 2008, at 6:29 PM, Gil Hale wrote: > >> > >>> I just turned my HP ze2000 laptop into a dual-boot XP Pro/Ubuntu > >>> Linux machine the other night. I guess I got boted <g>. Seriously, > >>> now I surf fearlessly on the laptop. I was surprised at how easily > >>> the laptop accepted Ubuntu 8.04, and how all WiFi and Ethernet > >>> connectivity just plain old worked. Very smooth. > >> Please don't tell people this. You're smashing their comforting > > image > >> of using the only trouble-free OS available: Windows. They want to > >> believe that anything else is difficult to install and use, and won't > >> work with most hardware. So please stop bursting their bubbles. > >> > >> -- Ed Leafe > >> > > My lady has a Vista laptop, some headaches (Vista, I had nothing to do > with it), and I wanted to install KUbuntu on a dual boot so she > can try it. > I would like to know how many Gigs you recommend I give the trial > KUbuntu partition, if I will be able to read and write in the Vista > partition from KUbuntu (from Debian a couple of years ago I could not > write safely NTFS, don't know if this has changed or if Vista has NTFS > file system set by default) , and finally if there is a way to merge > both partitions back to the original Vista partition in case she does > not like the new OS. I must be able to guarantee her that everything > will be as before if she wants back. > > TIA > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
