i was just wondering is linux better than xp? is it faster to run? can i have both linux and xp installed on the computer?
Hey I'm new to Linux myself but I know the answer to your question. Yes you can have both XP and Linux on the very same system and on the very same hard drive... just have to partition it. As far as faster, I havent got it fully installed yet so I cant tell you from personal experience but I can tell you thats what I'm hearing. I've read alot about it and from what I've read as an operating system its superior to XP but, the downfall is alot of programs you use on windows won't work on Linux but thats the beauty of dual booting. I dont know if you use torrents or not but you can get hundreds of pdf's all about Linux. Theres even a few guys here @ afterdawn willing to email you "Linux for Dummies" pdf (which is a great starting point) But I would reccomend reading up on a few different distributions and seeing which one is right for you, most are free some are not, take Xandros for example... you can get it free... or you can pay for it.. the difference is the features.. with the paid xandros it has windows compatibility, meaning you can still use alot of your windows softwware right outta linux without having to dual boot... but just ask around and do a lil reading... sorry I cant help more.
Anyways it really depends on what your using it for.For playing games and running many popular apps.Most require windows in order to run them.even alot of hardware won't run on linux due to the fact that the drivers are not compatible. For servers linux is 64 bit and windows is still 32 bit and I think linux may be more well suited for servers anyways.If your programming java linux is the way to go. There is plenty of stuff for linux don't get me wrong but for most "home user's" your gonna want windows.
Heres a really good tip for running both. There isn't a good way to write to a NTFS partition from linux (well there is but it's unstable so it's not recommended except to experts) If you want to share files between the 2 seperate OS's then make a third partition and format it FAT 32.. Both can then get full access to it without any problems. That gets round the problem of downloading something with Linux and then being able to work on it with windows apps.
i use Mandriva Linux 2006 (64bit) as my main OS on this laptop, it is dual booted with XP and is awesome,; for a few weeks now i use Linux as my primary OS (since i got the wireless working, have virtually no need for XP now) and only use XP for the odd game and for VPN-ing into work - that's only as our VPN does not support Linux clients; pah
Would you please hook me up with a PDF on how to make this third partition for sharing files between two OS? I'll be having Xandros (free version) and Windows XP.
Xandros would be best for a new Linux user, as it's designed to look and feel like Windows. It even has a Windows-theme you can apply.
No,no,no......If you want linux go with an "real linux" distro. Xandros is linux you pay for, all other linux distros are free. And Xandros sucks. I would recommend SuSe, Mandrake,Ubuntu(yes I know it has some security holes),redhat,and other. Stay away from Xandros sorry to say. http://www.distrowatch.com for other distros
Really stay away from the Linux XP stuff. The whole reason people switch to linux is to get away from XP, trust me a "real distro" is best to learn and use linux. And yes Lindows, and Xandros are pay I beleive.
You should of had good media and burned at low speed and imgburn is free and best img burning program.
The frisbees came from trying to burn a bootable disk from a zipped rar. I didn't know I had to unzip the dang thing...LOL.
