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Because your far more likely to have problems, as the software packages in your distro's repo's are, "tailored" for your distro. The "generic" download is NOT "tailored" for your distro.
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Are the ext4's mean to be logical or primary?
Does GParted assign that automatically?
ext4 is a file system for Linux.
EDIT: To your last question, no, you would format your partition with ext4, if you wanted to format it, for use with Linux. Windows would be unable to read (or write) to ext4, without a file system driver for it.
Last edited by jsbjsb001; 03-08-2017 at 07:37 AM.
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When I started with Linux, dual-booting was the norm for newbies. People would defrag their Windows partition, shrink it with Partition Magic, and then install Linux in the empty space. The day you finally got rid of the Windows partition was a recognised rite of passage.
Actually, the day you finally got rid of the Windows partition was the day you totally fsck'd up your Linux install.
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Are the ext4's mean to be logical or primary?
Does GParted assign that automatically?
Hey linux-man .. I think jsbjsb001 has answered most of your recent questions. However, with respect to partitions being primary or extended, it's both a question of necessity and/or choice:
1) If you are using a BIOS/FAT based computer, you are limited to 4 primary partitions. If you are keeping Windows, that may already use up 2 to 3 (the main partition, a recovery partition and possibly a "SYSTEM" partition that contains various tools). So in such a case, you would be forced to create the 4th and final partition as "Extended" and create as many logical partitions as you need within it for linux or for whatever other reason.
2) If your computer is more recent (last couple of years), your firmware may be UEFI/GPT based, which does not require the above-mentioned workaround, since there is no limit to the number of primary partitions you can create. You can still create extended partitions that contain logical partitions, but you are not required to.
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