![]() ![]() Ubuntu assigns File System names automatically and you can assign a mount point (like /, /home, /boot etc) to each partition. When you partition the drive using GParted, you specify which drive belongs to what location (File System and Mount Points). GParted lets you “play” with partitions and it doesn’t save anything until you confirm it. You have to exercise, so much caution, otherwise you could lose all partitions. I remember using Fdisk on DOS systems earlier. Ubunbtu has GParted, a Partition Editor which is really user-friendly. comes up with their own Partition Editor which was easy to use. So far, I haven’t tried them out yet.Įach Linux Dist. I’ve also looked at Open Suse and Oracle Linux. Nothing against the other 2, except Ubuntu as ever was easier and better for Ubuntu beginners. But, some how I was drawn back to Ubuntu. In version 17, it’s installation is as easy as Ubuntu and desktop was as flashy too. It’s community project sponsored by Red Hat. But, it’s also overwhelming for a first time user.įedora 17 is looking nice too. Wiki page on Debian mentions about 3000 volunteer developers developing it over a time period (since 1993). Debian interface was not that great, but seems more powerful. So, I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04, Fedora and Debian. This time I wanted to try to different flavors of Linux. It’s still running on an Atom mother board, but I added a new 1TB hard drive. Recently, I decided to continue using Linux and it was time to upgrade. And of course, internet works right out of the box in Linux. I could do Remote Desktop to Windows, copy and share files, print to a HP printer almost automatically (on a Windows PC, each time I have to install drivers, here Linux almost finds its own). I installed, Firefox, Google Chrome (it is called Chromium), Libre Office (successor of Open Office, replacement for Microsoft office, I use this a lot on Windows as well) and even my mail client, Mozilla Thunderbird. A lot of software I came to know on a Windows PC over the years, are now available on Linux, free and sometimes with better functionality. It has been an amazing journey with Ubuntu. ![]() With limited memory and resources, it worked so great, often times better than my newer, more powerful HP machine with Windows Vista. Sure, it complained about running out of space constantly and I kept moving my files out to Windows PC (Remote Desktop from Ubuntu to Windows worked like a charm). In fact, for over a year I managed with10GB hard drive. It worked well with Ubuntu 10.x I installed earlier. It was an experimental machine we built with Intel Atom PC (Atom 230 160GHz X2). Though I’ve used Unix for a long time and Linux for a bit for work related activities, this was the first time, I boldly went for Linux at home! Ubuntu made it possible with a great Windows like Desktop. I posted about my first Ubuntu machine earlier. ![]()
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