Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed

Hi :)
Ahh, i've not seen you make many tpyos before but it had to happen one day.  Glad to see you have 
joined the rest of us so thoroughly :))
Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Andrew Brown <andrewbr@icon.co.za>
> To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> 
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013, 8:43
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed
>
>
> Sorry typo, meant to read 100GB not MB. Allowing for anything FAT coming 
> along.
>
> Andrew Brown
>
> On 07/08/2013 10:18 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > I tend to make / around 10-15Gb now for Ubuntu.  100Mb is about enough 
> > for a separate /boot partiiton but not enough for the / of most 
> > distros, especially not for the most bloated distro of all.  I've 
> > found that even 8Gb gets in trouble quite quickly unless you are quite 
> > good at doing maintenance such as using the Janitor fairly often.
> >
> > You don't get much of a performance boost by having a separate /home 
> > unless that /home is on a physically separate drive but it does make 
> > he system more robust and safer to upgrade.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >      *From:* Andrew Brown <andrewbr@icon.co.za>
> >      *To:* users@global.libreoffice.org
> >      *Sent:* Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 8:19
> >      *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: start up speed
> >
> >      Ubuntu install is the same, if using the default install options it
> >      creates the swap partition (at least equal to installed RAM
> >      amount), and
> >      then then one partition for all. I change this and like many here,
> >      create the root / (100MB), and the balance of the drive capacity to
> >      /home, keeping my data separate.
> >
> >      Regards
> >
> >      Andrew Brown
> >
> >      On 07/08/2013 07:53 AM, Doug wrote:
> >      > On 08/07/2013 01:05 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> >      >> Hi :)
> >      >> If you have your /home on a separate partition then it might be
> >      possible to install the 64bit version of Ubuntu without disturbing
> >      your 32 it version.  I tend to use a 10-15Gb partition for / for
> >      Ubuntu.  It doesn't really need all that much space but Ubuntu is
> >      about the most bloated distro at the moment.  Having plenty of
> >      space makes it easier when installing programs.
> >      >> Regards from
> >      >> Tom :)
> >      >>
> >      >>
> >      > I did that on PCLOS. It works well, altho a few apps that are
> >      strictly
> >      > 32-bit will not run on the 64-bit installation.I lost Adobe
> >      Reader on
> >      > the 64-bit os, because there is no 64-bit version of that s/w. I
> >      had to
> >      > go find a 64-bit version of one or two other programs. But
> >      basically,
> >      > it's a lot simpler than having to back up all your files to an
> >      external
> >      > storage medium and then having to copy everything back to a
> >      completely
> >      > new install.
> >      >
> >      > You will have to make a new blank partition on the drive, using
> >      > gparted or something similar, and format it to ext4 and call it /
> >      > Then when you install the 64-bit version, DO NOT format /home,
> >      > only / (Your distro may or may not make it mandatory to reformat /
> >      > during the install, even tho you formatted it already.)
> >      >
> >      > Be careful when you install the 64-bit os, so as to NOT make a new
> >      > /home. Note that you probably already have a swap partition, so
> >      > don't make another one. Any and all Linux os's on the disk can use
> >      > the one swap.
> >      >
> >      > It has been quite a while since I did an Ubuntu install, so I can't
> >      > be more specific. And I don't think I would try this with Korora--
> >      > its installation would drive a saint crazy! (Just to get it onto
> >      > two partitions is maddening!)
> >      >
> >      > Good luck--doug
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
> >
> >
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