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linux questions.......

  • 01-05-2001 10:07pm
    #1
    GreenHell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭


    Right I'm considering putting linux on my machine over the summer sense my comp is slowly heading towards the dark ages and becoming ever more useless for gaming.
    So for all you linux people:
    Duel partition .... should I? how?

    Best linux prog ... Solarois or redhat looking for good support of drivers.

    Is it worth the change over.


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  • #2
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    Dual partition definitly...that way all your mp3s/files etc. can sit on your windows partition and can still be accessible from within linux.

    I'd definitly go with Redhat. Solaris is not fun for beginners full-stop, plus Redhat has a nice hardware auto-detect feature... and theres a lot more software available and hardware compatability (as much as Sun would like you to think the opposite)

    Few simple steps to make sure nothing goes wrong before you install anything.. (there are many other ways)...

    1) Free up about 2-4 gigs of space on your windows partition (should be more than adequate.)
    2) Resize your main partition (i prefer partition magic) to leave empty non-partitioned space on your HD... this will make life easier for any OS installer.


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