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| Thread ID: 69542 | 2006-06-05 05:18:00 | When Finished Installing Ubuntu what's the user and pass? | MTLance (6768) | Press F1 |
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| 460574 | 2006-06-05 08:54:00 | You can use SAMBA to share files over the network with Window machines. Ubuntu has lots of guides around on how to do this. Here is one (doc.gwos.org) for starters. There will be more on the Ubuntu Wiki as well. Ubuntu used up that much hard drive space because you didn't just install an operating system with a general selection of hardware drivers, you also installed all the packages required for everyday use. Graphic programs, multimedia programs, office type programs, CD/DVD burning applications, email/internet applications, games ... |
Jen (38) | ||
| 460575 | 2006-06-05 08:59:00 | But Windows didn't take up much space. For the OS itself. | MTLance (6768) | ||
| 460576 | 2006-06-05 09:09:00 | I've just explained why. If you go and now install all the equivalent software packages that Ubuntu has included on a fresh Windows install, how much hard drive space do you think it will take? | Jen (38) | ||
| 460577 | 2006-06-05 10:29:00 | If you don't want to spend all that time re-installing ubuntu, you can boot into single user mode & create a new user for yourself. I can't remember how to do it off the top of my head. I'll see if I can find a guide for you. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 460578 | 2006-06-05 10:56:00 | I've already unistalled now.:( Should have told me earlier. And thanks for the tips. | MTLance (6768) | ||
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