[ubuntu-studio-users] Problems installing Ubuntu Studio 13.04 alongside Xubuntu 12.10

[Aradenatorix Veckhom Vacelaevus]

I also recommend using manual partitioning. The problem with Ubuntu Studio
is that the installation is more like the old Debian installation instead
of the more user friendly interface that uses Ubuntu in their other flavors.

I do not know how you installed Xubuntu. The best for me is to create at
least 3 partitions:

The system one mounted in / where you will install all the software. (At
least 10 GB, but the size depends about how much software do you pretend to
install, in my case 20 GB is enough although I use to install a lot of
stuff).

Your own data: documents, pictures, videos, and in fact all the information
of the users of the PC, its passwords, configurations, everything. This one
is mounted in /home and the size should be as big as your HDD lets you.
Usually we store a lot of things here.

SWAP is in order to use virtual memory in the case of the installed RAM is
not enough. It is useful when working with media files or in the case of
laptops to hibernate properly without losing the session.

You are able to create until 4 primary partitions in a HDD. With this
scheme you use only 2 (the SWAP won't need to be a primary partition). And
you can share the /home and the swap with two or more different distros
installed in your HDD. So you need to create at least a partition more for
install inside Ubuntu Studio. You can share the /home (be careful of don't
format the partition or you could loose your data).

Good luck.

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