Yeah, I'm a bit late to the party, but I'm gonna install Ubuntu on this computer soon. What I want to know is, how is it going to work? Should I backup all my images and music to move to this computer once Ubuntu's on it, or will the OS leave my shit alone?
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Anonymous2008-05-13 22:59
It will most likely take anything currently on your computer off. Unless you make sure to re-size any NTFS partitions and leave them be in the install, which is probably over your head if you don't know what a NTFS partition is. Just back everything up.
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Anonymous2008-05-13 23:52
Always make a backup when you're gonna do operations on your HD. Don't forget to defrag before partitionning. And also : don't use ubuntu.
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Anonymous2008-05-14 13:39
What >>2-3 meant to say is this: Stay the fuck away from linux if you don't know shit, you moron. Even if it's Ubanto.
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Anonymous2008-05-14 17:58
with a hello kitty or GNAA theme
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Anonymous2008-05-14 18:19
Yeah I'm a bit late to the party but I'm gonna install Ubuntu on this computer soon. What I want to know is how is it going to work? Should I backup all my images and music to move to this computer once Ubuntu's on it or will the OS leave my shit alone?
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Anonymous2008-05-14 18:54
back up all your shit anyway. Even if you're not doing weird stuff.
You've tried the Ubuntu LiveCD, right? So you know pretty much how it'll work on your machine?
You know there'll be a bunch of stuff to do to get "non free" content working (and this includes drivers for some vidya cards.)
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Anonymous2008-05-22 6:20
You will be able to shrink your NTFS partition to leave space for a Linux root partition. Usually it's a good idea to back things up before installing any new OS, if for no other reason then for the case if you screw up and tell the installer to format the wrong partition.
Adding a second hard drive, and installing Linux on it (installer will still insist on placing bootloader into MBR on the first disk -- let it do that) will be a good idea, too.