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SuperGenius

Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:49 pm


Linux

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I've always wondered about it as an alternative to windows, but I dont know much about it. I read on the linux.org web site, but I do have some questions.

1. What are some main advantages/disadvantages vs. windows
2. is it possible (and if so how difficult) to install it as a secondary OS on my computer.
3. I thought about installing it on my old laptop, which only I use so I can freely mess with it, any thoughts on that?


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Paul

Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:51 pm



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OOO, I'd like to know about question 2's answers, installing win XP and win 98 on the same computer is no problem, but I dunno about linux and windows.


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roer

Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:03 pm


Re: Linux

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I've always wondered about it as an alternative to windows, but I dont know much about it. I read on the linux.org web site, but I do have some questions.

1. What are some main advantages/disadvantages vs. windows
2. is it possible (and if so how difficult) to install it as a secondary OS on my computer.
3. I thought about installing it on my old laptop, which only I use so I can freely mess with it, any thoughts on that?

1) More freedom, friendlier community, nicer feel, more customizable. You have to try it out on your own, its hard to explain. Disadvantages would be if your a hardcore gamer, theres some Linux ports (UT2003, UT2K4) but if you try to run games with WINE your going to suffer major frame rate loss. Linux has its fair share of games though =)

2) You have to partition your hard drive for a Linux sector, the options avaliable in the installation, not hard to do

3) I experiment with Linux on a P120, its better to use it on an older machine for learning IMO, no idea why, just feels more natural


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SuperGenius

Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:04 pm



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Also i would like to know about the stability of such a configuration, because if i installed linux on my primary computer and got an error, i would find my neck on the chopping block very quickly.


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templest

Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:19 pm



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I run Linux as my main OS. I just have a super small Windows XP partition setup up aside so as to use the system files with "Wine", Windows compatability layer for Linux. So I run basically all my Windows apps in Linux, including games. ;)

Having installed Linux from pure source-code, built specifically for my machine, gentoo linux, I can say I know quite a bit. ;)

One thing though, http://justlinux.com