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[Discuss] Ubuntu Install Question



Ivan Klimov wrote: 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> Thank you for the clarification.
> 
> I thought of swap partition to be more for temp file storage/exchange.
> Thank you for introducing the concept. When you said shuffle parts of
> programs... I have not done it and do not envision how it is done. Maybe it
> is an advanced concept for me;) I have installed FULL programs on different
> partitions -never parted programs out.

The operating system takes care of this for you -- all you do is 
specify where it is allowed to put the data.

Windows does the same thing, but doesn't ask you to tell it
where to put the data.

-dsr-



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