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[Tom <question78407@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #78407 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/78407

Tom proposed the following answer:
I think Dale Jefferson was right with most of what he said.  The swap is normally around 2 to 4 Gb with Ubuntu.  
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq
With much smaller distros it might be a lot less but Ubuntu is made for more top-end machines.

The main reason for having a separate /boot partition is so that each
new install of a new gnu&linux distro (or anything else) doesn't wipe
your carefully customised boot menu.  However, if you do install lots of
different OS's then each time you do they tend to get mbr to point at
their own grub/lilo/ntldr so yu would have to re-'fix' the mbr to point
at your /boot.  Also you would then have to re-edit the "menu.lst" to
include an option for the new OS - as you will have to if you install
Windows after Ubuntu anyway.  Mostly installing anything other than
Windows installs grub or lilo which automatically searches out all the
OS's on your system and creates a menu item for them automatically.  So
not having a separate /boot can usually be an advantage because it means
less faffing around after installing an OS.  As for personalising the
boot menu with pictures and changing titles around and stuff, wellit's
kinda fun but a bit pointless when the main aim of the menu is to
quickly get you into the 'right' OS quickly.  Re-theming the desktop;
changing the wallpaper and tweaking the desktop effects makes a lot more
sense because you'll be able to usefully enjoy it a lot more ;)

I always enjoy getting fire-writing set-up quickly to see the looks on
people's faces although a VJ i showed it off to was more impressed with
my hand-writing using a mouse rather than the effect!!  Most people are
impressed by the effect tho :)

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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