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I'll be getting a laptop soon. It only has 500 gigs. Windows is for gaming and Ubuntu for fun stuff.

  1. Should I go 150:350gigs, or 200:300?

  2. Do I make 4 partitions (os+data) for each os, or do I just flop windows on one partition?

2.a Is it customary on Linux to have two partitions?

  1. Should I make the Ubuntu partitions when creating Windows, or should I make 1 or 2 partitions for Windows, and let the rest be unallocated space, and then the Ubuntu installer will recognize that and let me format it?

  2. How can I prevent windows from accessing my Ubuntu drives, while ubuntu being able to access windows? The goal is that windows doesn't steal my data.

  3. Do I need to worry about the UEFI thingie?

Zanna
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  1. Since you want to game on the laptop I would recommend 250:250. Ubuntu is typically a lighter weight system and won't need a ton of space.

  2. I would install windows first on the entire disk. Then partition 250 G as unalocated space. Through the disk manager. Then install Ubuntu on that space from an installation media. This is called a dual boot.

  3. You can encrypt your install of Ubuntu when installing it.

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