Question #78407 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78407
Tom proposed the following answer: I think Dale Jefferson was right with most of what he said. The swap is normally around 2 to 4 Gb with Ubuntu. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq With much smaller distros it might be a lot less but Ubuntu is made for more top-end machines. The main reason for having a separate /boot partition is so that each new install of a new gnu&linux distro (or anything else) doesn't wipe your carefully customised boot menu. However, if you do install lots of different OS's then each time you do they tend to get mbr to point at their own grub/lilo/ntldr so yu would have to re-'fix' the mbr to point at your /boot. Also you would then have to re-edit the "menu.lst" to include an option for the new OS - as you will have to if you install Windows after Ubuntu anyway. Mostly installing anything other than Windows installs grub or lilo which automatically searches out all the OS's on your system and creates a menu item for them automatically. So not having a separate /boot can usually be an advantage because it means less faffing around after installing an OS. As for personalising the boot menu with pictures and changing titles around and stuff, wellit's kinda fun but a bit pointless when the main aim of the menu is to quickly get you into the 'right' OS quickly. Re-theming the desktop; changing the wallpaper and tweaking the desktop effects makes a lot more sense because you'll be able to usefully enjoy it a lot more ;) I always enjoy getting fire-writing set-up quickly to see the looks on people's faces although a VJ i showed it off to was more impressed with my hand-writing using a mouse rather than the effect!! Most people are impressed by the effect tho :) Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
