Installing 12.10

[Mike Holstein]

On Feb 4, 2013 6:46 PM, "George DiceGeorge" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hurray – it seems to work.
> Have removed that desktop background image,
> doubled the  size of desktop icons.
>
> I miss the box in unity (and win7) into which to type the start of
commands,
> but prefer the xfce menus to the unity sidebar – its a computer not a
phone!
>
> gparted was on the live disk but not in the installation.
>
> The Helps work
> good.
>
> [george]

Gparted is easily installable...

sudo apt-get install gparted

Or using the package manager of your choice

Also, a good replacement to the super menu is one of these... gnome-do,
synapse or kupfer.. I like kupfer

sudo apt-get install kupfer

Or again, the package manager of your choice

Enjoy

>
>
>
> From: George DiceGeorge
> Sent: Monday, 04 February, 2013 22:50
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion
> Subject: Re: Installing 12.10
>
> Somewhere I read about a separate data partition,
> I’ve always done it in windows,
> but I guess you’re right, it only brings in complications,
> and a temptation to share it between different OS’s...
>
> The more standard my installation is the easier it will be for you
experts to help me with any problems...
> so I’m doing a default installation...
>
> From: Mike Holstein
> Sent: Monday, 04 February, 2013 22:27
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion
> Subject: Re: Installing 12.10
>
>
>
> On Feb 4, 2013 4:02 PM, "George DiceGeorge" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> >
> > I'm hoping to install UStudio 12.10,
> > on a HP Pavilion a6250.uk
> > it's 64 bit Intel Core 2 Quad CPU  Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz  says sysinfo
(kentsfield)
> > it has Virtualization technology
> >
> > I'm downloading ubuntustudio-12.10-dvd-amd64iso.
> > I'm going to test it on a live DVD or USB stick first.
> >
> > The existing OS in Ubuntu 12.04 32bit, which has upgraded many times
and seems to have faults.
> >
> > I want a separate Home partition,
> > should I do this after it's installed,
> > or during installing?
> > And then copy the old Home data over?
> >
> > I knew a lot about CP/M and MSDOS3.2,
> > but havenet enough brain left to become an expert on Linux,
> > I hope it will just work.
> >
> > [george]
>
> You want the seperate home before installation, not trying to create it
afterward... what does a seperate home do? Or better yet, what doesn't it
do?...
>
> Seperate home partition on the same hard drive doesn't provide any backup
or extra protection. *when* that hard drive fails, the data in any
partition is able to be lost. /home on a seperate hard drive doesn't
provide any extra protection either... just means your data is on a
different drive than the os, which might be handy with a spinnng drive and
an ssd.
>
> Seperate home doesn't isolate your configuration from causing issues and
"breaking" things...
>
> For example, right now, your user config could be the cause of all your
issues. When you reinstall, and move your home data, either from or to a
seperate home partition or not, you will bring the error with you.
>
> I would troubleshoot your current 12.04 that is "broken" by creating a
new user, and logging in and testing... or by removing or renaming your
.config files in your home. This will isolate your configuration from the
equation.
>
> I run 12.04... its the lts. Long term support. There is no reason not to
run 12.10, but 12.04 is supported for 5 years and 12.10 for 18 months,
assuming that would sway your decision...
>
> What does a seperate home partition do? It really helps one maintain one
place for data and configurations for whatever benefit that might bring...
>
> Cheers and good luck!
>
> >
> >
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