I have a windows 11 laptop with 1 TB SSD. I have partitioned so far to have windows OS on drive C with 150GB and drive D with 800GB. I will keep windows drive D at 200 - 300 GB. Now I want to put Mate on the rest of drive D. How do I partition Drive?
Welcome back, Rick! In Windows 11, use "Disk Management" (Windows key + X and choose “Disk Management” ). Click on the disk and then make the sizes you want them to be. You'll have a E: drive and you can either format it (ext4) or leave it and let the installer format it as you install.
Here's a step by step guide for the Windows end of it:
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When I get into the installer in Ubuntu Mate, do I use the manual setting to make sure it installs on drive E?
The installer should give you a choice of installation options. I think the default is to "use entire disk." You DO NOT want to do this. It will likely show you the partition options (e.g., sba, sbb, sbc, etc.) with the size of the partition. If you can't tell by the disk designation, choose the one that has the free space you created during the partitioning process.
You'll also want to make sure your GRUB is update properly so that you can boot into any of your OS partitions.
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Ok. I will give it a try.
I had to figure out which partition through gparted and then select that. Installation worked. My only issue is that I do not like to put in a password when Ubuntu starts. Was not asked for password until 4th reboot. Now it wants a password. I went to users and selected auto with no password and still wants a password.
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Well, I live alone now, and also have no need for a login process, but I keep it. Just because, you know?
But you can change that by going to the System menu and choosing Administration -> Login Window. You should have a check box that allows you (or another account) to log in automatically.
Keep in mind that your screensaver has a similar feature, so you may wish to change that, also.
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I tried those steps multiple times but it still wants a login. I have searched the internet and tried some other things but still login shows up.
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I think the settings for the login window under MATE are kept in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. Using sudo for root access, you can edit this and save the changes. For example, mine under 24.10 looks like this (edited to remove personal data):
[Seat:*]
autologin-guest=false
autologin-user=youraccountgoeshere
autologin-user-timeout=0
Essentially, I deny guest access but login automatically under my account.
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