[15:50] <Staloggi> Hello
[15:50] <holstein> o/
[15:50] <Staloggi> Can someone help me
[15:50] <holstein> Staloggi: you'll have to ask
[15:52] <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.
[15:53] <holstein> !Install
[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
[15:54] <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 :)
[15:55] <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
[15:56] <Staloggi> What is supposed to fail exactly?
[15:57] <Staloggi> Why is my hard drive going to fail
[15:57] <holstein> Staloggi: ?
[15:57] <holstein> Staloggi: because they all do
[15:58] <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
[16:00] <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?
[16:01] <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
[16:02] <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
[16:03] <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
[16:04] <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
[16:05] <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
[16:06] <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
[16:07] <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
[16:08] <Staloggi> Ok
[17:57] <Staloggi> Is there a website that will teach me how to use linux and utilize terminal completely
[17:58] <Staloggi> ?
[17:59] <Staloggi> Hello?