linux
Bill Cairns
the foundation of the Operating System eg redhat. I am currently running
windows XP Pro on my desktop. I've herd on numourous accounts that Linux is
much faster then the avarage windows based OS. I was thinking more about a
Dual Boot system with the standard windows on one hard drive and linux on
another any feedback or suggestions will be appreated
Thankx
philo
install a 2nd drive and put linux there...
dual boot should be setup by default.
if you are not 100% sure of what you are doing...
you may want to install a removable drive kit
and take the windows drive out and put in a blank one..
you can experiement and not worry
ray
The foundation of the operating system is the Linux kernel. The
distributions differ in which software packages they include, the package
management tools they use and the support available. I would not say that
the 'average' Linux install is particularly faster than the 'average' MS
install, but it's probably not particularly slower either.
You can easily install a modern Linux distribution to dual boot with MS -
Ubuntu (for example) will volunteer to set up the entire dual or multi
boot system for automagically, if you want that. www.distrowatch.com is
your fried. Additional useful info at www.iosn.net, www.yolinux.com,
www.tldp.org. You will probably want KDE for the desktop if you want ready
familiarity - I'd suggest you look at Kubuntu.
moma
Hard drive 1: Windows
Hard drive 2: Ubuntu linux
Linux-installer will setup up a dual-boot menu automatically.
Get Ubuntu. Verifyfy the xxx.iso and burn the CD right.
http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html#Ubuntu
Run the "EasyUbuntu" skript after installation.
moma
Hard drive1 (/dev/hda): Windows
Hard drive2 (/dev/hdb) partition 1: Format this to a 10GB VFAT (normal
FAT32) partition to share r/w files between linux/windows.
Hard drive2 (/dev/hdb) partition 2: Ubuntu Linux
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Linux-installer will setup a dual-boot (GRUB)menu automatically.
Download Ubuntu xxx.iso. Verify the xxx.iso and burn the CD right.
http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html#Ubuntu
After installation, do on the command line:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
And then run the "EasyUbuntu" skript!
moma
Verify the xxx.iso
means:
Use the md5sum.exe program as explained in
http://www.futuredesktop.org/how2burn.html
Couple of final tips:
o...Install firewall using apt-get (command line) or use the "synaptic"
GUI program (from the menu).
$ sudo apt-get install firestarter
Configure it (it's in the System Tools menu too)
$ sudo firestarter
Samples:
http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/firestarter1.png ... firestarter4.png
o...Add some gdesklets to your desktop
http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org
A sample:
http://www.futuredesktop.org/tmp/gdesklets2.jpg
o...Get a representative wallpaper
$ mkdir ~/wallpaper; cd ~/wallpaper
$ wget -c http://tinyurl.com/bkyo2 http://tinyurl.com/b5f9z
http://tinyurl.com/7bkso http://tinyurl.com/c8xnb
And clik the right mouse on the desktop (Change background...)
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A promise:
With Ubuntu, you'll never look back to windows again.
;-)
ray
> Bill Cairns wrote:
>> I've been looking at using linux for awhile now however I have no clue as to
>> the foundation of the Operating System eg redhat. I am currently running
>> windows XP Pro on my desktop. I've herd on numourous accounts that Linux is
>> much faster then the avarage windows based OS. I was thinking more about a
>> Dual Boot system with the standard windows on one hard drive and linux on
>> another any feedback or suggestions will be appreated
>> Thankx
>
>
> Hard drive1 (/dev/hda): Windows
>
> Hard drive2 (/dev/hdb) partition 1: Format this to a 10GB VFAT (normal
> FAT32) partition to share r/w files between linux/windows.
I cannot conceive a need to share that much data.
Also need about 1gb swap partition.
Chris F.A. Johnson
> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 07:31:20 +0100, moma wrote:
>
>> Bill Cairns wrote:
>>> I've been looking at using linux for awhile now however I have no clue as to
>>> the foundation of the Operating System eg redhat. I am currently running
>>> windows XP Pro on my desktop. I've herd on numourous accounts that Linux is
>>> much faster then the avarage windows based OS. I was thinking more about a
>>> Dual Boot system with the standard windows on one hard drive and linux on
>>> another any feedback or suggestions will be appreated
>>> Thankx
>>
>>
>> Hard drive1 (/dev/hda): Windows
>>
>> Hard drive2 (/dev/hdb) partition 1: Format this to a 10GB VFAT (normal
>> FAT32) partition to share r/w files between linux/windows.
>
> I cannot conceive a need to share that much data.
If I dual booted, I'd need more than that for my .ogg files.
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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