A few months ago my desktop pc died and I replaced it with a cheap laptop (windows XP) and even cheaper desktop (no OS installed). I replaced the OS on the laptop with ubuntu 6.10 and it's been great. So much so that I never got around to doing anything with the desktop at all.
So now I'd like to put ubuntu onto the desktop and give it to my mum. She's a complete computing novice but as I'm going to be helping her & I think she'd be better off learning to use ubuntu than windows. I'd like to also install XP 'just in case'. I thought I'd install XP first (the online tutorials I've found seem to assume that windows is installed before creating a dual build machine - which is logical enough as so many are sold with it pre-installed) and create partions on the single hdd as follows: an ntfs partion (for XP) a system partion for ubuntu a swap partion for ubuntu a small fat32 'shared partion' in case I want to move any files between. If anyone can see a flaw with this thinking or has some other advice it would be much appreciated. Fi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
