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[jbowen7 <question79072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

New question #79072 on Ubuntu:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/79072

The idea I have, though I'm sure if it works, is to install the OS on a 64 gig solid state drive and have the computer boot off this drive. I'd like to use another TB drive to store everything else, so that in the unlikely case of a Unix-dangerous virus being downloaded to the tb drive, the OS should be unaffected rendering the tb drive safe... but I'm not sure how virus' work. And also, I was hoping that this would improve performance of the computer- again, i'm not sure if this is the case. 

First off, I'd like to know if this is a waste of time and resources (the solid state drive).
Secondly, I'd like to know if I should, and how I would, add repositories and update packages, as well as "apt-get install" packages to the other hard drive. Would the two hard drives sync together and share information when I wanted to install packages?


Also, unrelated but worthwhile asking while you're here, is "dpkg" similar to the way an .exe file works in windows?
And is apt-get the same as dpkg except that it installs multiple .deb[?] packages? And lastly can apt-get installs be found in the add/remove application packages area? Are they the same, or does apt affect other components of the OS, ie. registry? 

Thank you in advance for your time, knowledge, and response. 




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