dual boot user wants to replace windoze...

[spazdaddy]

Hi again. I am currently running a dual boot with Ubuntu 10.04 and winders vista ( go Mohave! Yes, just go! :P ). Anyway, windoze has outlived its usefulness to me, I never use it anymore. I am wanting to replace losedows with a clean install of Kubuntu. I am using Gnome and I love KDE too - after +20yrs of m$ they are both a delight to use. But they do seem to have some compatibility issues when the environments are set up on the same install concurrently. I tried it for a week, it didn't work out very well. (Pulse Audio causes problems with KDE, a number of misc. redundancies, etc.)
I'm hoping it's so easy I'll feel stupid for even asking but since I am a noob and I wish to avoid any surprises, what would be the best procedure to follow?

[spazdaddy]

P.S. windoze also has a 9GB recovery partition, I want to give that to either the new or existing install. It doesn't matter which one gets it, whatever is easiest.

[MikeTbob]

The easiest way is to pop your favorite distro in the DVD/CD drive and away you go! The best way, is to plan out your needs and structure your partitions accordingly. I always keep a seperate /home partition so my saved files are always there no matter how many times I re-install.

[spazdaddy]

Hey thanks, partitioning usually isn't rocket science but I want to be careful. I can usually anticipate most windoze belly flops(I've seen 'em all) but I'm in a new world now. The only question now is, I ran the install up to the disk allocation point as sort of a preview and it looked like Kubuntu wanted to use the same swap partition as my current Ubuntu install. I am not too keen on how Linux uses virtual memory yet so I need to ask if that would be a prob. I would like to leave this install intact if I can. I'd rather feel stupid by asking a dumb question than be stupid by not asking. I am also assuming grub will be updated accordingly to allow me to boot into both. Not a huge issue, I have everything backed up so I can slice and dice all day but I hate to waste time.

[yancek]

There is no reason to create another swap partition. The standard for Linux is to have one swap partition which will be used by any number of distributions you have.

The Kubuntu Grub if installed to the master boot record, should pick up the Ubuntu and create an entry for both. If it doesn't it should not be difficult to add. I expect if you are using the latest version of Kubuntu, it is using Grub2 which is still beta software and not used by many non-Ubuntu distributions. If you have problems with Grub, post here and I am sure someone using Grub2 will be able to assist you.

[spazdaddy]

Thank you, you guys are great. That answers my question! Windoze is so nuked.

[DGrier]

Don't blame you, I don't use windows anymore, hated MS and I actually find Ubuntu 10.04 easier to use then windows 7

[spazdaddy]

Woo hoo! Dang, that didn't take long. It went without a hitch. That made me feel really really good! God, I hate m$! Sure nice not to see it on my boot menu anymore, very cool. Thanks again people!