I'm gonna get Linux and I wondered if anyone here knows if I need a new hard drive to run it? I already have Windows XP, and I'm doing this because I hate Microsoft, so I may delete WinXP when I get Linux running. So my question is just basically if I need a new hard drive. I'd prefer to hear advice form someone who has actually made the windows-linux transition, but any help is apreciated.
What version of linux are you planning on running? Ive installed redh hat linux before. I loved the ease of setting it up. You can partion the hard drive. Basicly splitting the hard drive in whatever sizes you want for each operating system. Not too technical. So no you do not need to get another hard drive. If you absoloutly dont want windows you can even choose to erase windows on installing it. If you are planning on using linux I suggest red hat. You can get it for around 50 bucks at any store. I dont really use it anymore. A tad too technical for me. Want to buy mine?
well none of the stores in my area have it. i called three or four today and they all said that thye didnt have it. it is red hat linux that i want, probably the fedora version, and i think i found a site i can get it from. i would buy it from you, except (this isnt anything against you), a lot of people just don't know how to copy things correctly, then you end up with something that doesnt work. you probably could copy it and get it here fine, but i cant risk that you couldnt. sorry.
Im talking the actual factory disks, not copy's Redhat I think is probably the best linux for beginners from what ive read. I didnt get a chance to use it much but it has alot of great programs already installed in it for text editing to graphic design.
No, you don't need a new hard drive. In addition, if you correctly partition your hard drive you can keep both operating systems. Start out with Red Hat. Don't even think about paying for Linux. Many flavors of Linux can be downloaded at http://linuxiso.org. Happy Linuxing.
yes, well, i would download it except im in dialup. it would take a long time. i think about 27 hours to download ONE of the .iso files. id rather it on cd's, which costs a bit.
I would advise using either Mandrake or Suse as a first distro, both can be freely downloaded www.mandrake.com and www.suse.com. They are very easy to install, they can automatically partition your hard drive to run with windows so you can run both together until you are ready to migrate. Linux will, like windows see and automatically install drivers for the majority of hardware, this is good as most hardware manufactureres dont have their own drivers. I appreciate im going against advise to use Ret Hat, ive used it in the past but not recently, the reason for this is that I wasnt impressed when I did, currently im on SUSE.
If you really care about it, pay for linux. Then after you pay for it, send them a donation on top of it. Linux is all open source. Yeah, I know it's free, but these guys work their asses off writing a completely kick ass OS, they work insane hours and get paid nothing, they need all the help they can get. I really suggest you purchase. On top of all that, you also get customer support. Get redhat, suse or even look into bsd.
if you have dial up you may not be able to connect to the internet on linux because your modem might be a winmodem and not support linux check the type of your modem and google it and see if it supports linux
Hey all! I'm now running SuSE Linux 8.1 Personal. I had some trouble setting the screen resolution above 640x480 because of my graphics card (intel i845, how i loath it). Also, Konqueror, the browser that came in KDE, the GUI I use, is seriously flawed. It's ugly, clunky, slow, and inneficient. I got a copy of mozilla from one of the software CDs that came with the OS. I also completely deleted windows xp from my system. take that microsoft! "Computers are like air conditioners; they're both useless with windows open."
I use redhat and it was really easy to setup. the only trouble i had was it didnt autodetect my modem, but i just had to set it to the right tty or whatever and it worked fine. you only need a driver like linmodem if you have a winmodem... im on dialup also so i couldnt download linux, and i was broke when i decided to switch, so i just went to the library and found a book about linux most of them come with the cds or dvds. good luck with linux, youll probably never use windows again once you get used to it.
