Hello,
Just build a very cool computer and I am very satisfied with it. I only have one drive: a Samsung 250GB SSD. I have a Windows 7 installation CD. I really like the idea of a dual-boot system, and I've been referring to this article: http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony for instructions. I have some questions that I could not really find and laymen's answers to. Let me ask a question based on the following scenario:
Say I reserve and partition 30GB for each operating system and leave the rest of the space on the SDD as the "Storage Drive."
1. I want to be able to use Chrome, Spotify, (whatever) on both OSes. Does that mean I have to download it twice? Once on the Windows 7 partition and once on the Ubuntu partition?
2. If I download the same program for both OSes, doesn't that take up space in the 30GB partition for each OS? Is 30GB really enough if I want to install many programs?
3. How can both OSes access files (music, documents, etc.) from the "Storage" partition? Don't the storage files have to exist in filesystems specifically for each OS? Do they have a common file system that they can both use?
4. Somewhat related to 3. and 1.... Can I put applications in this storage partition to then be used in both OSes?
5. Is this method of dual-booting in any way similar to the idea of running a virtual machine with another OS?
Feel free to answer one or all four questions. And any other methods of how to get a dual-boot going would be appreciated. In the end, I really want to run Ubuntu and Windows 7, no matter how.
Or should I just ditch this whole idea and only install Ubuntu and use Wine whenever I need to run an application that is for Windows? I'm pretty much a total beginner (this is my first build) and came from Mac, so I would prefer Ubuntu to be my main operating system, but I would also like to have the option to play games or install applications designed for Windows.
Just build a very cool computer and I am very satisfied with it. I only have one drive: a Samsung 250GB SSD. I have a Windows 7 installation CD. I really like the idea of a dual-boot system, and I've been referring to this article: http://lifehacker.com/5403100/dual-boot-windows-7-and-ubuntu-in-perfect-harmony for instructions. I have some questions that I could not really find and laymen's answers to. Let me ask a question based on the following scenario:
Say I reserve and partition 30GB for each operating system and leave the rest of the space on the SDD as the "Storage Drive."
1. I want to be able to use Chrome, Spotify, (whatever) on both OSes. Does that mean I have to download it twice? Once on the Windows 7 partition and once on the Ubuntu partition?
2. If I download the same program for both OSes, doesn't that take up space in the 30GB partition for each OS? Is 30GB really enough if I want to install many programs?
3. How can both OSes access files (music, documents, etc.) from the "Storage" partition? Don't the storage files have to exist in filesystems specifically for each OS? Do they have a common file system that they can both use?
4. Somewhat related to 3. and 1.... Can I put applications in this storage partition to then be used in both OSes?
5. Is this method of dual-booting in any way similar to the idea of running a virtual machine with another OS?
Feel free to answer one or all four questions. And any other methods of how to get a dual-boot going would be appreciated. In the end, I really want to run Ubuntu and Windows 7, no matter how.
Or should I just ditch this whole idea and only install Ubuntu and use Wine whenever I need to run an application that is for Windows? I'm pretty much a total beginner (this is my first build) and came from Mac, so I would prefer Ubuntu to be my main operating system, but I would also like to have the option to play games or install applications designed for Windows.
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