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I find you still have to fuss with partitions. There isnβt a simple wipe everything and install option. You have to manually select the partitions on the disk, delete them and create a new one which somehow triggers it to create several partitions.
There is an upgrade option.
And then they tell you they donβt want a Microsoft account and you have to look up whatβs the current hack to get around that if possible.
That said, I think the Linux install experience is very clear about what itβs going to do.
You had it right until the "create a new one" bit.
You can choose empty space instead of a partition and the setup will create the partitions for you. I mean even if you were to choose a partition, I believe it'll delete it and create new ones because it needs more than just one partition. So on a clean disk, you can pretty much just hit next at that bit.
Lolwat. Last time I installed windows it literally created 3 partitions exactly when I told it "this clean disk - here ya go"
That's exactly what I said, it creates its own partitions if you make free space or already have a clean disk. No need to manually make a partition.
Aand why the hell does it do that? And why the hell count is more than one? And while we are at it, what is so deadly and frightening with Linux installer creating a partition?
I mean it creates an EFI partition unless you have one, a recovery partition, and a... whatever the fuck an MSR partition is. It stands for Microsoft Reserved I believe, and should be 16 MB nowadays.
And then there's the one partition that your OS goes on, the C:\ partition.
which is so much better and intuitive than Linux installer creating exactly one partition, right?
I mean you still have a separate EFI partition under Linux. Personally I also have a separate /home partition which is heavily recommended in case you nuke your Linux either on purpose or accidentally. You may also want to create other partitions, like swap, though I just have a swapfile.
Is the an installer that only creates only one partition, no EFI system partition?
Yup, last time I installed Ubuntu it was that, one partition. So now, what has @henfredemars got "not right"?
That you have to manually specify partitions in Windows?
You literally don't have to create a single one, only point it at empty space or a partition you're willing to have it delete for space. It handles the rest. Does it matter how many partitions it creates?
Did you install that Ubuntu on a legacy BIOS system or maybe one with an existing EFI partition? Because I can't see how you could have a modern OS without at least two partitions.
The point was that you have to manually remove them, not create
Or maybe I missed the EFI partition when run gparted after installation, it being much smaller than rest of the drive