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Rafter613
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Alright, so I guess I'll try installing Ubuntu. I'm currently using a netbook, and the product specs say 1GB of memory, and 160 GB of "hybrid storage HDD". The computer is actually sold with Linux preinstalled, but I bought the windows version. So you sure I can run linux/windows dual-boot?
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| Rafter613 wrote: | | Alright, so I guess I'll try installing Ubuntu. I'm currently using a netbook, and the product specs say 1GB of memory, and 160 GB of "hybrid storage HDD". The computer is actually sold with Linux preinstalled, but I bought the windows version. So you sure I can run linux/windows dual-boot? |
You can, and it's not exceptionally difficult. The lack of a CD drive on netbooks complicates things though. You might want to follow Lau's suggestion and borrow someone else's computer for the purpose of making a bootable usb drive.
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| Orwell wrote: | | ... You might want to follow Lau's suggestion and borrow someone else's computer for the purpose of making a bootable usb drive. |
Did I not say? That was how I got Ubuntu onto my Acer Aspire One (the 512MiB RAM / 4Gib SSD model).
When I used Ubuntu to produce the bootable USB stick, it was even nice enough to preserve everything I already had on the 8GiB stick that I happened to use. (It doesn't NEED 8GiB.... it was just that I had that handy.)
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Rafter613
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Can't I just go to the website and download it? Or it is important to have a solid copy?
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| Rafter613 wrote: | | Can't I just go to the website and download it? Or it is important to have a solid copy? |
You can, but the downloads from the websites are CD images, which could be difficult to make use of without a CD drive.
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I actually already have a virtual drive program, can I use that to mount the images
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OK. So how is this for a sequence:
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Download VirtualBox and install that under XP.
Download an Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu) CD.
Use that iso image to install a virtualised Ubuntu under VirtualBox.
Play with a virtual Ubuntu, to get the feel of it.
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Allow that virtual Ubuntu direct access to USB.
Use the virtual Ubuntu, plus it's own ISO image, to produce a bootable memory stick.
Reboot from the memory stick.
Play with a non-virtual Ubuntu, but running live from the stick.
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Install a dual boot system, from the stick.
Play with the real, full, installed Ubuntu.
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Leave deleting XP until you figure that you don't care for it any more.
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I don't dual boot, but I've kept a spare laptop running XP.
The one I've converted to Linux was running Vista anyway, so it was close to useless before. But Linux is fantastic - if it wasn't for the gaming thing which stems completely from Bill's dedication to owning the planet, I'd be permanently content.
Now I have a Nokia E71, whose development environments only run on Windows at the moment, so I'm glad to have the windows backup. Nokia have released the QT development environment under the LGPL now, so the writing's on the wall. |
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| Lau, why do you call a flash drive a memory stick? |
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| Keith wrote: | | Lau, why do you call a flash drive a memory stick? |
Why do you call it a drive? That implies motion in a solid state device.
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| Keith wrote: | | Lau, why do you call a flash drive a memory stick? |
Keith, why do you call an elephant a pachyderm?
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| peterd wrote: | | The one I've converted to Linux was running Vista anyway, so it was close to useless before. |
That's a quote I wanna hang on my wall.
| Keith wrote: | | why do you call a flash drive a memory stick? |
I do this too... because I guess I'm used to finding sticks in the garden and drives on my computer.
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