Moving to Linux.
Sorry! I posted in the wrong group! I keep getting these tech support groups mixed up! sorry!
I am thinking of trying again with Linux...
However, I do have a relitivly screwed up partition setup, and I must be able to use skype.
So, 4 questions...Can any on you please help?
1 - Does anyone know how good the latest beta of Skype for Linux is?
2 - When I last used Linux, NTFS support was not great. What is it like these days?
3 - On my PC, the hard disk (80 GB) is split up as follows
After cleaning up a few things, I will have about 30GB to play with for use as places to put Linux and it's stuff.
So I am thinking of partitioning the disk as follows....
C & D have to be left where they are, and so does E & F, but I can shrink D, and so leave 25 GB space for linux, as above.
Will that work?
4 - However, I seem to recall that Linux needs to be near the start of the disk to be able to boot. Is that still correct?
I am thinking of trying again with Linux...
However, I do have a relitivly screwed up partition setup, and I must be able to use skype.
So, 4 questions...Can any on you please help?
1 - Does anyone know how good the latest beta of Skype for Linux is?
2 - When I last used Linux, NTFS support was not great. What is it like these days?
3 - On my PC, the hard disk (80 GB) is split up as follows
| c: | 7MB Fat (Don't ask!) |
| d: | 50GB NTFS (windows and applications) |
| e: | 10GB NTFS (Files) |
| f: | 10GB NTFS (More Files) |
| g: | 4GB NTFS (Stuff) |
After cleaning up a few things, I will have about 30GB to play with for use as places to put Linux and it's stuff.
So I am thinking of partitioning the disk as follows....
| c: | 7 MB Fat (Don't ask!) |
| d: | 25 GB NTFS (windows and applications) |
| / | 1 GB (main Linux parttion) |
| /Usr | 5 GB |
| /Boot | 50 MB |
| /Tmp | 2 GB |
| /Var | 2 GB |
| /Usr/Local | 8 GB |
| /Home | 8 GB |
| e: | 10 GB NTFS (Files) |
| f: | 11 GB NTFS (More Files) |
| Swap: | 2 GB |
| g: | 1GB NTFS (Stuff) |
C & D have to be left where they are, and so does E & F, but I can shrink D, and so leave 25 GB space for linux, as above.
Will that work?
4 - However, I seem to recall that Linux needs to be near the start of the disk to be able to boot. Is that still correct?
