On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:41 AM, S Suresh <sureshkumar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I am in need to install multiple linux distros to my laptop. Currently i > am using Ubuntu. It is good for Desktop users. But some of the libraries > (latest version) required for SW development are missing in the ubuntu > repository . > As far as I know, Ubuntu is good for desktop and development. Yes, you have to install some libraries manually. > > So i am thinking installing fedora . But i dont want to loose my Ubuntu > also. > > Unfortunately, i have only one partition in my harddrive. completely used > by ubuntu. > Simillar question as I asked few days back. It's always to take backup. :) > > > Can i reduce the partition size ? > Yes, you can, use Gparted. But read the documentation. > > When i google-d, there are some articles shows , we can install multiple > linux distros and each distro require one (root) partition. and swap > partition can be shared . > Last time, I tried to install Debian(squeeze) along with Ubuntu but failed to install then I dropped the idea. But it's still in my to-do list. > > > -- *Regards, Sahil ModGill* _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
