How many of you use Linux?

[Mike1]

Well, I've made it half-way to no more Window$.

One computer is dual-booting Window$ and Ubuntu 7.04. On this one, I was dual-booting Window$ and Kubuntu 7.04. This morning, I decided it was time to wipe Window$ off and set up a full Ubuntu 7.04 install. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but the Gnome environment feels better than KDE.

I played around with Gutsy a bit before making the switch, but decided to hold off on it until it goes Gold. I set the drive up with a 10 GB root partition, a 1 GB swap partition and alloted everything else to a /home partition. I'm hoping this combination will allow the Gutsy upgrade without losing any data.

I will have to say I am amazed at the willingness to help others that I've found on the Ubuntu forums. I've learned a lot in the last couple of weeks.

I've even managed to locate a 'Braveheart' Tux avatar.

[walkerk]

This morning, I decided it was time to wipe Window$ off and set up a full Ubuntu 7.04 install. I can't put my finger on exactly why, but the Gnome environment feels better than KDE.

I set the drive up with a 10 GB root partition, a 1 GB swap partition and alloted everything else to a /home partition. I'm hoping this combination will allow the Gutsy upgrade without losing any data.

Congratulations! Feel free to affix a Tux case badge to your machine now.

Red Hat provides a "switchdesk" command. For others there's a simple way to do this. Instructions here:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/quick-...viceversa.html

10 Gig for everything but home? If Ubuntu installs Apache web content in /var/www you might be tight for space soon. Regardless, soft links can be used to allocate space when needed.

Note for those who may not know: Red Hat Enterprise Linux is available for a nominal yearly subscription to anyone associated with academia. Details here: http://www.redhat.com/solutions/education/academic/