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#1 Neon

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 09:12 AM

The following are the best Linux Flavors or the most popular anyway.

SUSE - www.novell.com - NOT Free
Mandriva - www.mandrivalinux.org - Free
Fedora - fedora.redhat.com - Free (and i might just add it has a really nice interface)
Ubuntu - www.ubuntulinux.com - Free

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 01:38 PM

HOw about Lindows ? :cigar: :P

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 02:13 PM

View PostRedInferno, on Jan 23 2006, 07:38 AM, said:

HOw about Lindows ? :cigar: :P

No more Lindows....called Linspire now!! And it was free for a while!

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Posted 23 January 2006 - 10:31 PM

suse is free man im running it here the link guys....
http://www.opensuse....to_openSUSE.org

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 07:00 AM

cheers man

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 10:21 PM

can i just install Linux just like dat? i mean am I gonna lose all the data? is it easy as installin any windows software?

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 10:33 PM

Not exactly, yes you will loose all data UNLESS you get a live boot version and run like that. I find linux to be a little more complicated to install it's more specific of your needs/wants than what Windows does, but all in all It makes for a better and customized OS. Generally it takes longer to install a Linux OS but it's worth it.

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 10:38 PM

View PostShadowFox, on Jan 24 2006, 10:33 PM, said:

Not exactly, yes you will loose all data UNLESS you get a live boot version and run like that. I find linux to be a little more complicated to install it's more specific of your needs/wants than what Windows does, but all in all It makes for a better and customized OS. Generally it takes longer to install a Linux OS but it's worth it.

maybe I'll try dat with another workstation (dat isn't mine)

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 10:56 PM

View PostNeon, on Jan 23 2006, 08:12 PM, said:

Ubuntu - www.ubuntulinux.com - Free

you can actually order free install and live CDS of thier website too!!

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 11:22 PM

and in even mass quantities :)

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Posted 24 January 2006 - 11:43 PM

yup i recieved mine this morning, lol, very nice covers and CDS, will try them later!

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Posted 25 January 2006 - 01:59 PM

View Postclarky3429, on Jan 24 2006, 04:56 PM, said:

you can actually order free install and live CDS of thier website too!!
I noticed clarky doesn't have that cough :)

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Posted 25 January 2006 - 08:32 PM

lol, thats because theyre legal!!! so the cough for some reason isnt there!

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Posted 26 January 2006 - 11:41 AM

hehe, you guys are excellent :)

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Posted 25 April 2006 - 08:20 AM

View PostShadowFox, on Jan 25 2006, 12:33 AM, said:

Not exactly, yes you will loose all data UNLESS you get a live boot version and run like that. I find linux to be a little more complicated to install it's more specific of your needs/wants than what Windows does, but all in all It makes for a better and customized OS. Generally it takes longer to install a Linux OS but it's worth it.


You can install without losing your data. The big linux distros (Suse, Fedora Core, Mandriva) have programs that partition your hard drive. What you do is defrag your drive in Windows, then boot the installation disk and when you get to the partitioning part you tell it to shrink your Windows partition and install onto the free space. The program determines how much free space is available and you pick how much to use. It will also create a swap partition, so you'll have at least three partitions on the drive. It sounds scary, and you certainly need to do a back up before you do it. But I've done it several times with no problem. The Linux distro will then install a boot loader to your MBR and when you boot after that you'll have the choice between Windows and Linux. You can set either one to be the default. I'm sure there's a Windows program to shrink your partition, but I couldn't tell you what it is (or if it's free). And, of course, there's always using a second hard drive.

Do a search for Windows Linux dual boot how to. There are a million of them.

Give Linux a shot. I'ts very cool.




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