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1454066	2018-10-05 23:23:00	I bought my first desktop, about 2003. Was an SX25 with 8 MB ram and windows 3. Moved to windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98 and finally XP, which I still think was their best windows. After all these years I finally got sick of windows 10 and gone to Linux mint, 12 I think? Had it about 3 weeks and not missed a beat. Was thinking of doing a dual boot but my windows guy says better to stick with Linux. What you guys think? If so whats best way of doing it? Sorry was noy 2003, dah was 1992.....	ianhnz (4263)
1454067	2018-10-05 23:25:00	Though was a bit strange. I posted this a few days back and thought funny had no email to say someone had replied. Dont know how to check why this is not working???	ianhnz (4263)
1454068	2018-10-06 02:38:00	Though was a bit strange. I posted this a few days back and thought funny had no email to say someone had replied. Dont know how to check why this is not working??? Try this, log into your account, Settings (top right) - On Left, General Settings - Under "Messaging & Notification" Locate "Default Thread Subscription Mode:" Options there.	wainuitech (129)
1454069	2018-10-06 03:39:00	Try this, log into your account, Settings (top right) - On Left, General Settings - Under "Messaging & Notification" Locate "Default Thread Subscription Mode:" Options there. Thank you, I hope, Ian	ianhnz (4263)
1454070	2018-10-07 03:10:00	No problem dual booting Windows 7,8 & 10 (have not tried xp) with Mint 18.3 Assuming that Windows is already installed, the easiest way to do it is to provide an unallocated space of not less than 20GB on a hard drive. When you install Mint it will ask you if you wish to install Mint alongside the current OS, Yes. Mint will format the unallocated space into 1 ext4 partition, and 1 Linux Swap partition. Windows will be listed in the Mint start menu.	mzee (3324)
1454071	2018-10-07 03:13:00	No problem dual booting Windows 7,8 & 10 (have not tried xp) with Mint 18.3 Assuming that Windows is already installed, the easiest way to do it is to provide an unallocated space of not less than 20GB on a hard drive. When you install Mint it will ask you if you wish to install Mint alongside the current OS, Yes. Mint will format the unallocated space into 1 ext4 partition, and 1 Linux Swap partition. Windows will be listed in the Mint start menu.	mzee (3324)
1454072	2018-10-07 03:20:00	No problem dual booting Windows 7,8 & 10 (have not tried xp) with Mint 18.3 Assuming that Windows is already installed, the easiest way to do it is to provide an unallocated space of not less than 20GB on a hard drive. When you install Mint it will ask you if you wish to install Mint alongside the current OS, Yes. Mint will format the unallocated space into 1 ext4 partition, and 1 Linux Swap partition. Windows will be listed in the Mint start menu. My boot sector had a major problem, after another windows update. My computer guy removed windows and installed Mint 19 as a standalone. Been toldit possible to run it inside windows, cause in the past I did that with Linux but no idea how to do that???	ianhnz (4263)
1454073	2018-10-07 03:21:00	Thank you, I hope, Ian Latest posting came through, so we musta fixed it.	ianhnz (4263)
1454074	2018-10-07 03:53:00	My boot sector had a major problem, after another windows update. My computer guy removed windows and installed Mint 19 as a standalone. Been toldit possible to run it inside windows, cause in the past I did that with Linux but no idea how to do that??? Hence the reason behind my earlier comment #3 You would be better off having one set as a VM (Virtual Machine) Of course the main thing is you need to have a computer that's powerful enough to run a VM as well as the hardware is capable. A VM isn't going to screw up the boot loaders, and you can run both at the same time, side by side or on top of one another, changing between them as you feel the need :) With Linux you'll have to install a VM, the popular ones are VirtualBox and VMware. IF you had Windows 10 Pro as a Host OS (the main OS) then you can use the inbuilt Hyper-V or the before mentioned Programs. If Linux is the Host OS then you can run other distros as well as Windows in a VM -- The biggest drawback is the Computer must be capable of running a VM. Heres What I'm talking about, :nerd: the screen shot below has a THREE operating systems running at once --Windows 10 Pro ( you can see it peaking underneath at the bottom) as the Main OS, running two VM's same time Mint 19 (on the right) and CentOS (on the Left) The CentOS Linux distribution is a stable, predictable, manageable and reproducible platform derived from the sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)--Enterprise software, not the noob versions. Of course you can minimize the VM's or expand them out to Full screen jumping between any of them :) 9071	wainuitech (129)
1454075	2018-10-07 03:58:00	Hence the reason behind my earlier comment #3 A VM isn't going to screw up the boot loaders, and you can run both at the same time, side by side or on top of one another, changing between them as you feel the need :) With Linux you'll have to install a VM, the popular ones are VirtualBox and VMware. IF you had Windows 10 Pro as a Host OS (the main OS) then you can use the inbuilt Hyper-V or the before mentioned Programs. If Linux is the Host OS then you can run other distros as well as Windows in a VM -- The biggest drawback is the Computer must be capable of running a VM. Heres What I'm talking about, :nerd: the screen shot below has a THREE operating systems running at once --Windows 10 Pro ( you can see it peaking underneath at the bottom) as the Main OS, running two VM's same time Mint 19 (on the right) and CentOS (on the Left) --Enterprise software, not the noob versions. Of course you can minimize the VM's or expand them out to Full screen jumping between any of them :) 9071 Soundsway to complicated, for me. I'vebeen unwell for about 5 years and last time I run Linux was about 6year ago, so a big learning curve, for me. Washoping there was a, simple way?	ianhnz (4263)
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