I have been using Ubuntu since 06.06 and during these years I have found out that there are certain things in Ubuntu (or any Linux ) that will come to you by experience only. Here I am sharing some useful tips and softwares that might help new Ubuntu users.   Home Partition : I will begin with the installation. The most helpful thing I guess will be creating a sep arate home partition. You can create a home partition of Ext4 format and mount it under /home. This is recommended because this will help you to reinstall Ubuntu again without losing any files or settings as you will not need to format the home partition every time. The partitioning can be done using the Ubuntu installer or G parted available in the Ubuntu installation media. If you use the same home partition across multiple installations with same username it will work.   Installation on EFI systems : The detailed explanation on how to do this can be seen in my previous post here.   ...