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Question #79072 on Ubuntu changed:
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    Status: Answered => Open

jbowen7 is still having a problem:
Thanks Tom for your help, you've answered many of my questions. I've
learned a lot today from the links you provided.  There is so much to
learn about computer systems.

I don't remember coming across swap partitioning the last couple times I installed Heron or Jaunty, is this normally done automatically? 
Also, this is the first I've heard of "swap", but I have been reading up on it today, and from what I found out, I don't need it if I'm going to be using 8 gb ram, right?
Also, from information you provided, I'm under the impression that Linux will utilize all of the ram in the computer, therefore the more ram I have the quicker the computer, or was that just for swap memory?- I'm still learning about this.
When I install a program from synaptic, or apt-get, does it download the files to / or /home or /home/username?  In my case I would want it to download to sba2 (first harddrive second partition), right?
So far what I believe I should do is install my OS on the SSD and partition it to sda1 and sda2 where sda1 is the 16 gb for swap; sda2 is the remaining portion of the SSD for the OS. Now I would name this "/" and programs and system motification will be saved to this drive, ex, "/theprogramIinstalled." And the second drive (the TB) I will name /home, and this will contain all else (media, documents).
I've only been working with linux for about 4 months now, and none of it has been done on my computer ( I don't own one, that's why I'm building one). To accomplish the setup with the two hard drives I was planning on installing Jaunty on the SSD, then once that's working, I believe that I would want to then add the second hard drive ( i found this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive). Now after I install this hard drive how do I name it to /home?
Sorry for all of the questions. But thanks for all of the answers, they really help and I've learned a lot.
johnny

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