Re: Separate /home partition
The guided methods in the installer create only root+swap system.
For separate /home you need to select Manual Partitioning (bottom option in step 4 I think). That will open a window showing your disk(s) and partitions.
You will need to create a minimum of 3 partitions, for /, /home and swap. Dedicate as much space as you want to either of them.
Few hints:
For swap 2GB is enough, or if you plan to use hibernate regularly make it 1.5 x memory size.
For / 10GB is more or less enough, because ubuntu is not very space demanding for software, and with separate /home you keep all your personal files like photos, videos, music on it. If you have hdd space to spare, give / 15GB.
The rest can go to /home.
When creating the partitions, for swap select swap area for filesystem (and no need for mount point for swap). For / select ext4 and mount point /. For the separate /home select ext4 and mount point /home.
That is how ubuntu will know to use your separate partition as Home, because you specify the mount point /home.
That should be it. Any questions, ask.
Darko.
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