Fresh install Kubuntu 13.10: how best to partition the HD

[Cody Smith]

Can we stop this pretty argument that is making everyone's email explode
who are subscribed to this making list? I'm sure the original sender and
everyone else would appreciate it.

--c_smith
On Nov 6, 2013 11:12 PM, "Felix Miata" <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 2013-11-07 17:12 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
>
>  My suggestion was to create one 30GB partition for W7 which will do away
>> with the need for a C partition and therefore contain *all* the space
>> that W7 will require to install itself (and then some [space] for future
>> use).
>>
>
>  Is this so difficult to understand and accept?
>>
>
> You made a suggestion. I made a suggestion. Is this difficult to
> understand and accept? KISS is fine, but knowledge of its consequences
> shouldn't be summarily dismissed. My suggestion points out how the fastest
> part of a HD might be better put to use than to allocate it to a secondary
> operating system.
>
>  What you fail to understand and appreciate is that there are any number
>> of people reading this thread who may be totally inexperienced and
>> otherwise known as "newbies".
>>
>
> I do no such thing, and I'm authoring comments for thread participants,
> not mere observers.
>
>  Have YOU asked him in this thread what his experience is? No.
>>
>
> Did I need to? I've read the thread in its entirety at least as far back
> as his post archived at https://lists.ubuntu.com/
> archives/kubuntu-users/2013-October/058520.html and so far haven't seen
> indication I need to. When he complains about too much information is time
> enough to adjust. If he's like most, he can ignore excess more easily than
> discover what's been omitted that might be relevant, helpful or possibly
> crucial to an optimal decision how best to proceed.
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