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I am about to install Kubuntu (principally for a marvellous KDE Plasma Desktop) on an ext SSD drive. It is my first adventure with Linux in my life.

I will be deeply thankful for some pieces of advice, recommendation on the following. .Many thanks in advance.

  1. Is Kubuntu same spice as any ...buntu Linux? If yes I think it could be easier to find the similar guidance concerning this very special Kubuntu.

2. I have read many Linux installation guidances and I am quite confusing about recommendations concerning a partition scheme. Almost each guru have his own configuration. i would appreciate if someone could clearly indicate me the best practical partition scheme for my very disk.

It is a SSD 240gb one, brand new. I would like to know what partitions do I need, well the disk, to be able to boot on any system attached to. The idea is to use it as an everywhere personal portable system

Do I need a boot partition, home, etc. And how big?

Is there any additional setting to make to take full advantage of SSD system, any special configuration to add?

Perhaps any precise links?

once more huge thanks in advance with my kind regards.

PS

Is KDE Plasma 5.7 already activate on the most recent version of Kubuntu?

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  1. It is a flavour that used KDE as a desktop. It is a totally different experience than Unity (what Ubuntu uses) or gnome.

  2. well it IS a personal choice.

    Do I need a boot partition, home, etc. And how big?

    No. You do not need it. You can mount it all with just a /, you can opt to mount an extra /home/, extra partitions for /opt/, /usr/, /var/ (the old "server setup") if you feel like it. Like said before: it is a personal choice.

    If you want a partition scheme though ...

    • 25 Gb for / is more than enough and leaves plenty of room for installation of software and kernels. Don't bother with a /boot partition.

    • create a data partition to store all your personal data. Change ~./config/user-dirs.dirs to change the location of your home dirs to that partition.

    • Advantage: when re-installing you can format / (and /home) without the need to worry about where your files are. During install you mount your data partition and are good to go. All you need to do is edit ~./config/user-dirs.dirs. And a backup is basically making a copy of your data partition. Or if you like it you could set up a synch service with google drive (or something similar).

Is there any additional setting to make t1o take full advantage of SSD system, any special configuration to add?

A few things come to mind:

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