installing ubuntu on a new system - questions

[bruce]

Hi,

Looking to install ubuntu, have lots of questions. Most are probably basic.

When installing, do you use LVM? Is there a good reason to use/not use LVM?

thanks

ps, I've got more things I'm trying to solve, but I didn't want to get
bogged down. Basically, I want to have a set of steps that work, and
I'm not doing trial/error testing without knowing if what I'm doing is
really correct?

thanks