tanis143
January 4th, 2009, 05:01 AM
Ok, its a new year, and I want to make the switch to linux. I'm not gaming any more, and starting to get more into other things on my pc, so..... here I am. I'll give you my system specs, so you know what I'm working with:
AMD 64 X2 4000+ @ 2.4ghz (300mhz overclock right now)
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3
XFX GeForce 8600GT
2x 1gig G.Skill matched DDR2 800 in dual channel setup
120gig WD SATA hard drive
LiteOn 20x DVD+/- R SATA
550watt Corsair PSU
V-Stream Xpert 2000+ video capture card
Now, I have a few questions on my install. First is that I have a 120gig drive split with 40 gigs on C: and 80 gigs on D: . Now, I want to wipe the C: partition and set it up as my ubuntu drive keeping the D: partition (sorry, I'm still green to linux so I forgot what linux would call that partition) intact. Reason being is I have a lot of stuff backed up to that partition and do not feel like burning it to dvd and I dont have a usb drive big enough to store all the data there. So, in the setup I would choose a manual partition (guided keeps wanting to use the unused area on the D: drive). Now, I know I need a swap partition, but how big should it be? I've got 2gig of memory, so I'm not sure how to calculate that.
Also, I have a V-Stream Xpert 2000 video capture card and wondered how well will it work in linux? I have a live cd of 8.10 and ran it, but I could not find the equivalent to a device manager to see if it recognized it. If for some reason it wont work, thats not that big of a deal, I've got another computer I can put it and use it on.
I'm really looking forward to this. I've lost my love of my computer as I've mainly been using it just to surf, and email. I need a good challenge and I think this move will provide it.
AMD 64 X2 4000+ @ 2.4ghz (300mhz overclock right now)
GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3
XFX GeForce 8600GT
2x 1gig G.Skill matched DDR2 800 in dual channel setup
120gig WD SATA hard drive
LiteOn 20x DVD+/- R SATA
550watt Corsair PSU
V-Stream Xpert 2000+ video capture card
Now, I have a few questions on my install. First is that I have a 120gig drive split with 40 gigs on C: and 80 gigs on D: . Now, I want to wipe the C: partition and set it up as my ubuntu drive keeping the D: partition (sorry, I'm still green to linux so I forgot what linux would call that partition) intact. Reason being is I have a lot of stuff backed up to that partition and do not feel like burning it to dvd and I dont have a usb drive big enough to store all the data there. So, in the setup I would choose a manual partition (guided keeps wanting to use the unused area on the D: drive). Now, I know I need a swap partition, but how big should it be? I've got 2gig of memory, so I'm not sure how to calculate that.
Also, I have a V-Stream Xpert 2000 video capture card and wondered how well will it work in linux? I have a live cd of 8.10 and ran it, but I could not find the equivalent to a device manager to see if it recognized it. If for some reason it wont work, thats not that big of a deal, I've got another computer I can put it and use it on.
I'm really looking forward to this. I've lost my love of my computer as I've mainly been using it just to surf, and email. I need a good challenge and I think this move will provide it.