Ubuntu lets you free up this disk space in the course of installation, but if you’re unfamiliar with Ubuntu’s included Gparted disk-partition utility and with Linux partition-naming ...

The fsckin w/ linux blog has a handy step-by-step tutorial on how to set up an encrypted partition in Ubuntu Linux systems to secure sensitive data . Skip to Main Content.

Ubuntu's installation should partition the drive for you automatically, and unless you have any special needs (like if you're on a Mac), you can breeze right through the installation with no problems.

The process to change your UUID, edit your grub.cfg file and edit your fstab file is extremely detailed, and is explained in step-by-step in the Ubuntu Documentation entry "Moving Linux Partition." ...

Accessing Linux Files From Windows Is a Mess . There are a few tools that allow you to access your Linux partition from Windows.But again, none of them are perfect! For example, there's a free and ...

The partition table that it creates on the SD card is similar to that above, but the Linux root partition has essentially no free space (the standard Ubuntu distribution had about 1GB of free space).

As long as the disk scan shows no problem, you can create your required Linux partition(s), ... and set the BIOS to boot from the Linux partition by default. I'm running Ubuntu on a 2011 Mac Mini.