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11-01-2007, 03:49 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 192
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Hey guys, I recently got a new HP laptop with Vista Hom Premium, so far Vista isn't to bad. The question I have is would it be worth having a dual boot of Vista Linux? I've messed with a little bit of ubuntu on my desktop, just to try it out, but i wouldn't mind getting into using it. I know it has a big learning curve so thats i was curious if it is even worth putting in the time and HD space. Any opinions would be appreciated.
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11-01-2007, 05:52 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,693
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I really like Ubuntu. I say that if your not gaming, go Linux. The only two redeeming factors about windows is that its easier for n00bs and its also got much better game support.
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11-01-2007, 06:06 PM
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Courtesy of Mak. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chichester, England Posts: 4,005
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it is entirley up to you my freind, linux suits some vista suits others, a good thing about linux is that it can boost your coding knowledge 
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11-02-2007, 09:28 AM
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True Techie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 192
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Well I'm going to give it a try, I have the space so why not. I'll probably do a dual boot so I can game on Vista. Thanks for the feed back guys.
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11-05-2007, 12:49 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27
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I would say it is. I just bot a new hp dv6500, vista. I went to linux out of need, after I erased windows. (HAHA I know.) I loved it. Its the little things, better wifi sencing, easer file reading, FREE, simple IMs.
Most of the distos I tryed would not work right. I finally found open suse 10.3 (10.2 did not work).
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11-08-2007, 05:15 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 1,765
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I run Ubuntu on everything I can. It dual-boots dead simple with other OS'es, and it is a very good OS. Linux can't run Windows apps (well, you can try Wine, but it doesn't always work), but there are plenty of compatible and/or better apps for Linux. Most importantly, it's all free. Ubuntu works well on both desktop PC's and laptop PC's, so you shouldn't have a problem installing on your laptop. I recommend Ubuntu 7.10 because it's a great distro with easy setup and many features.
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11-08-2007, 06:39 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 170
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*hijack*
Sorry about this, but is there anything out there that can help you get into linux? I always want to know more about computers and as it stands everything I know is windows based. So something to kick start me into a nix would be awesome?
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11-08-2007, 07:04 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 27
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check out this forum. they very helpful and friendly
linuxforums.org
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11-09-2007, 12:36 AM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 41
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Originally Posted by Vaanish  I really like Ubuntu. I say that if your not gaming, go Linux. The only two redeeming factors about windows is that its easier for n00bs and its also got much better game support. | Yes I agree . | |
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