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Hello gents & thanks for getting back! The reason I'm double-booting is to avoid getting viruses on the windows side - I only go online in linux and use the windows side for avid editing. The linux partition is small because my original intention was just to use it for email & word processing, but I've since got more into the linux programmes & use them for a lot of post-editing stuff (brasero, gimp, audio editing &c) - hence my suspicion it might need more space will read up on your posts though, I'm definitely a novice! would be great to come to the next night - have you a date yet? thanks moira www.soluscollective.org > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:07:03 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Debian-NYC] linux question (ubuntu studio pro / double-booting) > From: carlos@welltower.org > To: lee@rockingtiger.com > CC: epetrol@hotmail.com; debiannyc@vireo.org > > Hello Lee, > > Your point is valid: partitioning requires you to guess in advance how > much space you are going to use for different purposes, and that guess > could be wrong. I generally use LVM (combined with low starting > guesses for logical volume sizes) to mitigate the partitioning > disadvantage cited while reaping the benefits of partitioning. I'm > not sure though whether the use of LVM should be routinely recommended > to linux newcomers. > > -- Carlos > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Lee Azzarello <lee@rockingtiger.com> wrote: > > I disagree that partitioning /home is a rule for desktop computers. I > > did this for my creative machine and the number of libraries and > > supporting files for gnome and the myriad audio and visual > > applications consumed more than 6 gigs on /. For example, the > > dependency chain for f-spot and Ufraw (my photo developing pipeline) > > is around 400 - 500 megs. The only solution was to do a reformat and > > full restore, which sucks when you're trying to work. > > > > I recommend to put everything on one partition and backup > > irreplaceable work to an offline external USB disk every week. > > > > -lee > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Carlos <carlos@welltower.org> wrote: > >> Hello Moira, > >> > >> I encourage you to attend our next Novice Night for assistance with > >> the various problems you reported. In the meanwhile, here are a few > >> suggestions that may enable you to address your "free space" issue > >> yourself: > >> - 6.4 GB is a normal amount of root filesystem disk usage for Ubuntu > >> - It's a good idea to have a separate /home filesystem for user data. > >> This is typically where you would store media produced in Ubuntu > >> Studio. This filesystem may consequently grow large (eg tens to > >> hundreds of gigs) > >> - You probably want to reduce the amount of space taken by your > >> Windows partition by resizing it using the tool "GParted". You could > >> then increase the amount of space allocated to your linux > >> partitions/filesystems by resizing them using the space you freed by > >> resizing the Windows partition. > >> - Reading the following article may be enough for you to figure out > >> how to resize partitions and/or create a separate /home partition, if > >> desired: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome > >> - Following the instructions in the article above, or doing anything > >> else with partitions/filesystems, without understanding what you're > >> doing, will probably result in DATA LOSS. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Carlos > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:56 PM, ev petrol <epetrol@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> hello > >>> just got your info from vincent at the gowanus fixit collective ... > >>> wondering if it'd be possible to bring my laptop to your next meeting for a > >>> diagnosis? > >>> i'm double-booting windows & linux, with most of the memory going to the > >>> windows side; > >>> however i've updated the linux side to ubuntu studio & i suspect i need to > >>> allot more space to it - either that or clean it up - the filesystem seems > >>> pretty jammed: > >>> 287,615 items totalling 6.4 gb (some contents unreadable) > >>> > >>> free space 215.1 mb > >>> > >>> & i'm having problems connecting to the web, openoffice is pretty creaky > >>> sometimes &c &c > >>> > >>> would be great to show it to someone in the know ... > >>> > >>> cheers moira tierney > >>> > >>> www.moiratierney.net > >>> www.soluscollective.org > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> DebianNYC mailing list > >>> DebianNYC@vireo.org > >>> http://lists.vireo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debiannyc > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> DebianNYC mailing list > >> DebianNYC@vireo.org > >> http://lists.vireo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debiannyc > >> > > |
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