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The easiest way would be to install the server edition.

just run
sudo do-release-upgrade

1. I wouldn't mess with this
2. Live environments are always slow, using a USB 3 device and port may improve things.
3. You should be able to save the desktop (I just tested in a VM)
4. Windows...

Most NAT routers do not allow incoming pings to be passed through.

1. Ubuntu will probably be easier to use than LPS
2. Yes (But avoid running software from untrusted sources)
3 and 4. Only if you create a persistence file on the USB
5. Yes

Ctrl+Alt+F1 will switch to the 1st TTY and Ctrl+Alt+F7 will switch back to the X server.

You have a 4GB drive with 2 partitions and a 16GB drive with 1 partition.

You need to remove \h from the prompt. Remember that \u is your username \h is your hostname and \w is the current working directory.

You have your keyboard layout set to English (UK) instead of English (US).
https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/3.5/keyboard-layouts.html.en

RSAAuthentication is for SSHv1 keys
PubkeyAuthentication is for SSHv2 keys

You'll just need a BS 1363 to IEC C5 power lead like this one.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/cloverleaf-mains-lead-29240

Thats perfectly fine to leave. Most portable apps are detected as potentialy unwanted as some of them can be used to workaround restrictions in locked down corparate systems and networks.

No, as the EFI System partition only contains bootloaders it will not be writen to enought to get significantly fragmented.

Disk encryption uses the LUKS standard which is widely supported by most Linux distros and should not have any future compatability issues. Windows does not support LUKS or ext4 (unless third party...

That option is for the full install partition, if you just want an encrypted home directory the option is on the create user step.

First you need a single section of free space. Assuming C and D are both on the same physical drive it won't matter which one you shrink, if you shrink both you will need to move one of the...

I had no problems using my RBS debit card, other than a £20 currency exchange fee.

To change a file/folder's owner and group you need to use chown e.g.

sudo chown atlas:ftp www
This will change the owner of www to atlas and the group to ftp.

Set ChrootDirectory in the sshd_config file, remembering to include essential files such as the user's shell, basic /dev files and the commands you will allow them to run. You can use %u in the...

Go ahead Windows doesn't use it at all, the only side effect will be the diagnostics boot option failing.

That partition contains a DOS system and diagnostic tools. If you have your drivers and utilities disc you can use that instead. I would back it up using dd first

If your swap space is encrypted or smaller than your RAM you will not be able to hibernate.

Most spam filters will reject all mail from IP addresses belonging to residential ISPs. I would recommend using postfix and relaying mail through your ISP's smart host if they provide one or a Gmail...

Those are backup copies created by the text editor, they are safe to delete if you are running out of space.

Starting with Windows Vista you can have symbolic links on NTFS.