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Post by Sparkfist » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:13 pm

HP Pavilion; Dual boot, Windows XP Pro (15GB), Ubuntu Feisty (65GB)
This set up is because I only use Windows really for Warcraft

Acer Aspire; Ubuntu
This is for school and so I have Wine/Crossover Office install, so I can run a few Windows programs.

Once I have ethernet setup in my room (cable running through the wall not under the rug) I'll use a Server Linux (maybe Ubuntu) for my Gateway. Could use a server that has 380GB of space.... because 420GB (two hard drives) in my externals isn't enough.

For anyone getting into Linux, I would highly suggest that if you don't go with Ubuntu, look at one of the Debian based distributions. Apt-get and Synaptic are the easiest ways to install software and best way to avoid dependency hell.
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Post by xtrmgam3r360 » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:30 am

yeah, this is my first post

Dell P4- XP Home SP3 Candidate Release
PowerMac G4- Dual boot OSX 10.3.9/Ubuntu Linux
HP Pavilion- Win ME
Old IBM Thinkpad- Win 98 SE
Magnavox Laptop- MS-DOS 5.0 <----bought for $1 for everything included
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Post by Harshboy » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:21 pm

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Mine:
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Dell: Windows XP Home Edition
Macbook: Mac OSX 10.4.9 and cracked Windows XP Home Edition (Boot Camp)

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Not mine:
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Dad's HP Laptop: Windows XP Pro
Old crap HP: Windows ME

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Post by lifeisbetterwithketchup » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:03 pm

Sparkfist wrote:For anyone getting into Linux, I would highly suggest that if you don't go with Ubuntu, look at one of the Debian based distributions. Apt-get and Synaptic are the easiest ways to install software and best way to avoid dependency hell.
Um... Ubuntu is Debian based. I've used apt-get and Synaptic on it.
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Post by daguuy » Fri Nov 23, 2007 4:35 pm

I've tried linux and hated it. XP works fine for me.
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Post by johnbjuice » Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:30 pm

tiny XP/Ubuntu dual boot works for me! :D

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Post by cowsgoquack101 » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:06 pm

Vista

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Post by Sir Games-A-Lot » Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:25 pm

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I'm so sorry for you. :wink:



HDD 1

Debian


HDD 2

SUSE 10 (has some quirks to it as it's not openSUSE)

Windows XP Home SP2. (Need to find a copy of Pro on the cheap so I can play my old games since that's about all I use XP used for anyway :P)
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Post by ghosstt » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:24 pm

Dell Dimension 3000 (this) : Windows XP Home
Old Gateway: Dual Boot Windows ME & Custom XP

I'm thinking of running Ubuntu soon. If i were to put a second HD in my PC as a slave one, could i run Ubuntu off of that?

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Post by Bass Creator » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:28 pm

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Post by benol » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:30 pm

@Ghosst: Definitely. As a matter of fact, Ubuntu is a tiny install. It fits on a CDR. You don't need a 2nd HD.
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Post by bicostp » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:47 pm

benol wrote:@Ghosst: Definitely. As a matter of fact, Ubuntu is a tiny install. It fits on a CDR. You don't need a 2nd HD.
I know you <3 Ubuntu for some reason [size=0]and honestly it sounds like you're selling it to us (which is very annoying)[/size], but I think he meant running it off a second hard drive so he doesn't have to mess with his primary drive.

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Post by gamemasterAS » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:52 pm

bicostp wrote:
benol wrote:@Ghosst: Definitely. As a matter of fact, Ubuntu is a tiny install. It fits on a CDR. You don't need a 2nd HD.
I know you <3 Ubuntu for some reason [size=0]and honestly it sounds like you're selling it to us (which is very annoying)[/size], but I think he meant running it off a second hard drive so he doesn't have to mess with his primary drive.
Dang it Bicostp for once I had a chance to sound a bit smart and you had to beat me to it. :(
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Post by ghosstt » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:58 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:
bicostp wrote:
benol wrote:@Ghosst: Definitely. As a matter of fact, Ubuntu is a tiny install. It fits on a CDR. You don't need a 2nd HD.
I know you <3 Ubuntu for some reason [size=0]and honestly it sounds like you're selling it to us (which is very annoying)[/size], but I think he meant running it off a second hard drive so he doesn't have to mess with his primary drive.
Dang it Bicostp for once I had a chance to sound a bit smart and you had to beat me to it. :(
yup. Thats exactly why. But, i don't mean size wise, i mean how would i do it? Even though its a slave drive, would the dual boot screen come up?

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Post by bicostp » Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:41 pm

ghosstt wrote:yup. Thats exactly why. But, i don't mean size wise, i mean how would i do it? Even though its a slave drive, would the dual boot screen come up?
If you keep your existing drive and just add another one, you will probably have to either edit your boot.ini file to tell the Windows boot loader to go to the other drive (it will give you a menu), install GRUB to both drives, or set the Ubuntu drive as the primary (which may mess up your existing XP install).

If you just want to play with it, virtualization is the way to go. Install that second drive, put the disk image there, and install VMWare or Virtual PC. (Note: for VPC you might have to edit the X config file to run in 24 bit color mode instead of 32 bit mode, and it sometimes has problems with mouse support under Ubuntu 7, so you might want to go with VMWare.)

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