| Staloggi | Hello | 15:50 |
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| holstein | o/ | 15:50 |
| Staloggi | Can someone help me | 15:50 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you'll have to ask | 15:50 |
| Staloggi | Not tech wavy at all but can you download ubuntu studio directly from the website or do you have to load it on a disk and set it up to start when you turn your computer on. | 15:52 |
| holstein | !Install | 15:53 |
| ubottu | Ubuntu can be installed in lots of ways. Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation for documentation. Problems during install? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonProblemsInstall - See also !automate | 15:53 |
| holstein | Staloggi: it can be challenging | 15:53 |
| holstein | Staloggi: what are you using right now? XP? | 15:53 |
| Staloggi | No I'm using ubuntu 12.04 | 15:53 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you can add studio pacakges to ubuntu 12.04 | 15:53 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you can download ubuntustuduio and install it beside 12.04.. dualboot | 15:54 |
| Staloggi | But it is a split os so I also have windows 7 which I'd like to get rid of | 15:54 |
| holstein | Staloggi: sure.. i suggest makind *good* backups.. since, all hard drives fail, this is a good practice | 15:54 |
| holstein | be prepared for total failure, and you'll be fine :) | 15:54 |
| holstein | then, decide what you want, and make it happen | 15:55 |
| holstein | if you want dual boot ubuntu 12.04 and ubuntustuduio 14.04 or whatever | 15:55 |
| holstein | ubuntustuduio *is* ubuntu, so you dont need to get ubuntstudio to have it, if you already have ubuntu | 15:55 |
| Staloggi | What is supposed to fail exactly? | 15:56 |
| Staloggi | Why is my hard drive going to fail | 15:57 |
| holstein | Staloggi: ? | 15:57 |
| holstein | Staloggi: because they all do | 15:57 |
| holstein | Staloggi: all hard drives fail | 15:58 |
| Staloggi | Ok | 15:58 |
| holstein | Staloggi: so, planning for that inevitable event *now* will not only give you peace of mind going forward through whatever installation process you are going to do, but, give you a necessary and important backup | 15:58 |
| Staloggi | Ok so I need to backup my computer, now if I don't what will happen? Will I just loose all of the information on the computer or will my computer completely stop working? | 16:00 |
| holstein | Staloggi: *when* your hard drive fails, you lose anything you need from it | 16:01 |
| holstein | Staloggi: this is quite regardless of anything related to any OS | 16:01 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you leave here today, and do absolutely nothing.. dont install ubuntustudio or anything.. that drive *is* going to fail, at some point | 16:01 |
| holstein | they all do | 16:01 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you need not believe, or trust me on this.. just search the internet, or the source of your choice. or call the professional of your choice | 16:01 |
| holstein | Staloggi: this is fact | 16:02 |
| holstein | Staloggi: your computer uses the hard drive to store information.. so, your computer will not be effected. only the hard drive, and the information you store on it | 16:02 |
| holstein | Staloggi: to a casual user, this would appear as though the computer has "stopped working".. but, this is just one part of it | 16:02 |
| Staloggi | Well then I already have ubuntu so is there a way to get windows off of my computer then because it a dual boot | 16:03 |
| holstein | Staloggi: like, if your vehicle has a flat tire.. you would not say "my car is ruined, and doest work any longer" | 16:03 |
| holstein | Staloggi: its just a part.. the hard drive. with a life expectancy.. and it fails. and when it does, it doesnt provide its functionality to the machine any longer | 16:03 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you can use whatever tools you like to remove what you like | 16:04 |
| holstein | Staloggi: i suggest having backups before doing *any* partition management | 16:04 |
| Staloggi | But I'm not sure how to remove the window operating system through ubuntu | 16:04 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you can (and should) use a live CD, such as a gparted live cd, or an ubuntu installation cd, and remove what you like | 16:05 |
| holstein | Staloggi: you can remove the ntfs partition, and grow the ext linux partiton over that space | 16:05 |
| holstein | Staloggi: its not trivial, and you can break things | 16:05 |
| holstein | Staloggi: i suggest, getting a 14.04 live CD, and installing fresh to the entire disk, after backing up important data | 16:06 |
| Staloggi | So back up all my files then burn a copy of ubuntu and download ubuntu from the disk and if it fails then I have the backup disks to go back to | 16:06 |
| holstein | Staloggi: no.. *when* your disk fails, you have backups | 16:06 |
| holstein | Staloggi: this is regardless of if you do anything to your machine | 16:06 |
| holstein | Staloggi: gparted is the tool i use to manage partitions http://gparted.org/ | 16:07 |
| holstein | Staloggi: its available from ubuntu live CD"s | 16:07 |
| Staloggi | Ok | 16:08 |
| Staloggi | Is there a website that will teach me how to use linux and utilize terminal completely | 17:57 |
| Staloggi | ? | 17:58 |
| Staloggi | Hello? | 17:59 |
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