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| Thread ID: 78646 | 2007-04-23 09:59:00 | Linux setup | Bryan (147) | Press F1 |
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| 543562 | 2007-04-23 23:53:00 | Hi Bryan, Like you I wanted to try Linux - and see what the hype was about (I'm still an avid learner - only using it for 3 months). My suggestion (if you haven't already) is to try a live-CD first, have a play around, and then go the step further once you're sure you want to go to HD installation. Based on own experience - would recommend you try Mepis (www.mepis.org) Live CD. Their unofficial catch phrase "it just works" - basically for me worked without hassles of hardware configuration. I've tried quite a few distros now - even new Kubuntu 7.04 - and just switched back to Mepis again. As long as you have time, download a few CD's - try other distros - but if you start with the live CDs you can at least try and find something that should work with your hardware specs. Try distro-watch to see the live CDs available. For me Mepis was the 'standout'. If you want to make a dual boot (hd install) after you've experimented a bit with the live CD, (if you use Mepis) you can actually install off the live CD. Some others give this option as well (Kubuntu is one of them). I didn't try repartitioning my drive in the end (was worried about losing XP) - so just bought & installed 2nd HD drive (for safety sake). Then followed the instructions for installation making sure it was installed on 2nd hard drive (hdb). Other nice thing about having 2 drives with Mepis is that from Linux I can easily access (and write to) the windows drive. Good for backing up files while I've been playing around with other distros. Hope this helps. |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 543563 | 2007-04-24 01:11:00 | Thank you Brooko, and everyone else who took the time to reply. I at least feel a little more comfortable now. Thanks again. | Bryan (147) | ||
| 543564 | 2007-04-24 04:11:00 | Just take your time, and make sure you are sure before you push the "OK" button. :D If there is an unallocated partition, Linux installers will always ask if you want to use that. They will never delete and overwrite a partition which is in use by another OS, unless they are told to do that, by a "sure" user. (There is one exception ... some of the dedicated firewall packages assume they own the hardware ... but Linus OS installations are careful). |
Graham L (2) | ||
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