boroborolama
January 27th, 2011, 01:35 AM
I've been running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid on my Sony VAIO laptop for about six months. In that time, I've gone from complete ignorance of Linux to writing shell scripts, ssh tunnelling, and otherwise utilizing the power of the command line. For what it's worth, I also have a shiny Gnome desktop that remains perennially empty. (Icons?!)
Now, I am beginning to understand that I installed Lucid, which boots through wubi on Windows 7 that came preloaded on this computer. I have to choose Ubuntu everytime I boot. It's not the default, either. Moreover, the hard drive is partitioned to leave the lion's share of the space for Windows, which I never use.
I am now at the point where I'm ready to
Download Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick on a USB stick.
Backup my home directory tree on said stick.
Reformat the hard drive.
Install Maverick on the "new" Linux laptop.
But, I'm a bit apprehensive.
My questions.
Should I install 10.10 directly, or instead install 10.04 (because of the LTS)?
Is there a way to automatically remember what software I have from the repositories that isn't standard with the install?
Is there some reason that I shouldn't wipe Windows from the machine (this is irreversible)?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Now, I am beginning to understand that I installed Lucid, which boots through wubi on Windows 7 that came preloaded on this computer. I have to choose Ubuntu everytime I boot. It's not the default, either. Moreover, the hard drive is partitioned to leave the lion's share of the space for Windows, which I never use.
I am now at the point where I'm ready to
Download Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick on a USB stick.
Backup my home directory tree on said stick.
Reformat the hard drive.
Install Maverick on the "new" Linux laptop.
But, I'm a bit apprehensive.
My questions.
Should I install 10.10 directly, or instead install 10.04 (because of the LTS)?
Is there a way to automatically remember what software I have from the repositories that isn't standard with the install?
Is there some reason that I shouldn't wipe Windows from the machine (this is irreversible)?
Thanks in advance for any advice.