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[luciazephyr]

Hey, folks. Am thinking of getting Ubuntu Linux. Tell me, can I carry my files over? I don't want to have to start from scratch.

-Luce

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[wickedground.livejournal.com]

if no one can help you, I could ask my boyfriend. he might know it, he uses linux.

Ubuntu roxxorz

[madhairmum.livejournal.com]

I've got it on my PC, and it *so* rocks. Except there's hardly any games for it - but what the hell, right?

Yes, you have to tranfer your files across, but it works. Plus Ubuntu is just like, fifteen different colours of cool ^_^ I swear you can just waste hours playing around with the interface :D

[erinptah]

I split my hard drive into three partitions: one for the Windows system, one for the Ubuntu system, and one for file storage. The file storage partition is in FAT32 format, which means that everything on it can be accessed no matter which system I boot into. (The partition with Ubuntu on it is in a format that Windows doesn't understand, so I can't see files on it when I've booted into Windows.)

I haven't actually booted into Ubuntu for a long time - the adjustment was too difficult, and ultimately I wasn't willing to put up with it. But there are some things that are easier to do through Linux, so I like having it around.

I did all this formatting and partitioning right when I got my laptop; if you're just updating your existing computer, you won't be able to do it so easily.

But it's a good setup; it prevents you from needing two versions of your files, one for each system.