The root partition also has the boot directory for grub related files.

You don’t need to create a separate swap partition and if they need to be, you can increase the size of the swapfile. The root partition (normally) has a 2 GB of swapfile. It uses the rest of the disk space in creating a single root partition. It automatically creates an ESP partition for UEFI. You don’t have to worry about creating partitions on your own. How is this the simplest way of installing Ubuntu? In my experience, this is the easiest way to install Ubuntu without any hassle. You wipe out the entire system and let Ubuntu be your only operating system. The method I am going to show in this tutorial is the fourth one. You can replace Windows with Ubuntu by wiping it altogether from your system.You can dual boot Ubuntu with Windows (so that you can choose which OS to use at the time your system boots).You can use Bash on Windows feature to install it inside Windows.You can install Ubuntu inside a virtualbox in Windows.While it already offers a simple installation experience, there are various ways to install Ubuntu (or other Linux):

When it comes to choosing a Linux distribution for beginners, Ubuntu always comes on the top.

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