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 Jan 10 2006, 06:36 PM
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My plans are to use my new computer, that I'm currently assembling, for both Windows (strictly for gaming and non-Linux programs) and Linux (everything else). I'm thinking of splitting my 100GB hard drive 50/50 for the two OS's. Is dual-booting a bad idea? My biggest concern is that Linux will not be able to use my hardware. (Namely a PCI wireless card) I've heard/read that SUSE is a good, balanced distro. My hope is that it'll be easy to learn, yet be a good secure OS. Any thoughts on either the particular distro or dual booting? -------------------- Daddy, what does "FORMATTING DRIVE C" mean?
-------------------------------------------- My Computer Windows XP SP2 P4 3.00GHZ 1GB RAM 256MB Radeon 9550 AGP Video Card Netgear WG311 V3 Wireless PCI NIC Chaintech MP4M800 Mobo Maxtor 100GB SATA Drive |
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Jan 11 2006, 11:40 AM
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 Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,974 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
Dual boot is a great option. If you have concerns at first
you can always try a LiveCD version such as: PCLinuxOS (this is my new favorite..works flawless on my laptop) Puppy Linux (very small...lightweight distro ~50MB) Knoppix (Full Linux distro, tons of programs) I can't comment on Suse except to say I tried it back at 8.2 and somethings just never would work. After you've played with the LiveCDs for a while they can all be installed to the hard drive right along with windows (install windows first) or you can go with Suse. And you shouldn't have any problems with the wireless card. Linux hardware detection and configuration has come a long way. -------------------- |
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Jan 19 2006, 06:20 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 6 Joined: 17-June 05 Member No.: 23,806 |
I have been trying to download an Openuse Linux for the longest time and I have been unsuccesful. I want to burn it to a disk to run a Live Disk bit I can't figure out which file to download among the numbers iso files. Can someone help me please.
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Jan 19 2006, 08:54 PM
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Bleeping Hacker Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,974 Joined: 14-April 04 From: Texas Member No.: 151 |
There was no option for a LiveCD...hard drive install only.
This architecture supports the following processors: * Intel Pentium 1-4, Celeron, 32bit Xeon * AMD K6, Duron, Athlon, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, Sempron Procedure for local installation 1. Download ISO images. 2. Burn ISO images to blank CD / DVD. 3. Boot your system with the first CD or with the DVD. 4. Install SuSE Linux OSS. http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/...i386-GM-CD1.iso http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/...i386-GM-CD2.iso http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/...i386-GM-CD3.iso http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/...i386-GM-CD4.iso http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/...i386-GM-CD5.iso This post has been edited by raw: Jan 19 2006, 08:55 PM -------------------- |
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Jan 20 2006, 09:03 PM
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 BC 1st Responder Group: Moderator Posts: 5,143 Joined: 21-October 04 From: South Carolina - USA Member No.: 3,905 |
QUOTE I've heard/read that SUSE is a good, balanced distro. I have been using it for a few months now and have enjoyed it. SUSE took a little time to get used to... especially installing certain things, but I like it. It has lots of extras... hence a long lengthy download. Enjoy! Rigel This post has been edited by rigel: Jan 20 2006, 09:04 PM -------------------- "In a world where you can be anything, be yourself." ~ unknown
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Feb 10 2006, 07:13 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 19-August 04 Member No.: 2,167 |
a live cd iso is available in suse for 9.2 only. 10.0 has a live dvd. the 9.2 iso can be had here:
Suse 9.2 |
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