Installing Ubuntu

I am installing Ubuntu 8.04, Hardy Haron. I am just using the install CD that I downloaded from Ubuntu's website and did a generic install except for the partition of the hard drive. For the hard drive I did:
10GB EXT3 mounted to \
2GB Swap
the rest XFS mountes to \var\lib

XFS partitioning system is very useful for large files, in particular when they are always being deleted and new ones made.

Once installed I installed a couple programs real quick,
so I can log in through SSH from any computer
sudo apt-get install openssh-server

I also update my video driver to the proprietary version.

These two update the repositories list and then upgrades any out of date programs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Reboot the system
sudo reboot now

Now my Ubuntu install should be set for MythTV