I still think that Mandrake’s partition tool (Diskdrake) is hard to beat. I would have given up without installing it if I had been doing this for the first time. I’m fairly confident about messing with partitioning tools, I know what I want to do and how to do it, but it would be nice if there was a bit of guidance. There is an automatic partitioner (that I didn’t use). Fortunately I’d backed up everything to CD before I started. It was not happy with my choices and only allowed my to continue with the installation after I had also formatted my /home partition. I wanted to keep my existing Swap and /home partitions and install Ubuntu in my / partition. I was unimpressed with the partitioning tool. Debian isn’t easy to install, Ubuntu makes it easier. Ubuntu is Debian with a nice make-over and a mission statement. Not an insurmountable problem for broadband users, it takes me about 3 hours, but Mepis Linux allows you to install from their Live CD. Ubuntu does not let you do this from the Live CD, you have to download a different ISO. I played with the Live CD for a while, then decided to get to know it better by installing the distro to my hard drive. They do a Live CD you download and burn an ISO, put it in your drive, reboot and voila! Instant Gnome in glorious brown. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities. I read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided to have a look. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I think I’ve been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. It’s not because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools available. I’d better start by admitting that I’m a fan of KDE.
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