So I'm about to switch from Windows to Ubuntu and I had a few questions.
I plan to use it for the following uses:
General desktop -- internet, gmail, etc...
Folding @ Home
TF2 in Wine
Myth backend
I don't quite understand the desktop environments, but I plan to use GNOME instead of KDE because I've used APT a little bit.
I was looking at the customized desktops and there's some things I wanted but don't know how to get. I want the 4 switchable desktops (even clicking in the bottom right is fine, I don't need the "cube"). Also I want the mac-like action bar with the applications, do i need KDE or Xfce or fluxbox for this?
Last question, I have 640GB of drive space, how should I do my partitions?
I understand mounting swap/ for about 2-3GB or so.
Where will TF2 and Wine or other windows games go? On / or home/?
How much space should I mount for home/?
Do I need a boot/ mount?
Finally, I want to mount var/lib/ as most of my space for recordings.
swap/ - 3GB
/ - 15GB
home/ - ?
var/lib/ - rest
Thanks for any and all help.
I plan to use it for the following uses:
General desktop -- internet, gmail, etc...
Folding @ Home
TF2 in Wine
Myth backend
I don't quite understand the desktop environments, but I plan to use GNOME instead of KDE because I've used APT a little bit.
I was looking at the customized desktops and there's some things I wanted but don't know how to get. I want the 4 switchable desktops (even clicking in the bottom right is fine, I don't need the "cube"). Also I want the mac-like action bar with the applications, do i need KDE or Xfce or fluxbox for this?
Last question, I have 640GB of drive space, how should I do my partitions?
I understand mounting swap/ for about 2-3GB or so.
Where will TF2 and Wine or other windows games go? On / or home/?
How much space should I mount for home/?
Do I need a boot/ mount?
Finally, I want to mount var/lib/ as most of my space for recordings.
swap/ - 3GB
/ - 15GB
home/ - ?
var/lib/ - rest
Thanks for any and all help.