I will be using my Ubuntu for neuroimaging use. This is my first time using -- I've been using Macs for the last few years so am not familiar with using Ubuntu on a regular PC. A few questions: Are root, swap, and home partitions necessary? I plan to install Ubuntu on an HDD (1TB), with my Windows on a separate SSD (256GB).
My specs are as follows:
Processor: i7, 3.6GHz, RAM: 32GB
I am wondering what I should do to 'max' it out, as I plan to run pretty intensive imaging analyses on Ubuntu. I will only be using Windows for Office and probably SPSS and Matlab. If necessary, how big should each partition likely be given this context?
In addition, I would like to dual boot. The advice given has been quite scattered and confusing thus far, so I'd like to confirm this here. I guess the more ideal choice would be to boot Windows from Ubuntu and not the other way around. If so, what should I select in the 'device for boot loader installation' option when installing? Should it be the sda (Windows disk) or the sdb (Ubuntu)?
Thanks very much.
-M.