lunix and vista

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ducis

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First im thinking of buying the newest lunix version for my next build and then swicthing to vista when it comes out and I have the money... is this possible

thanxs alot
 
First of all its Linux.
Yes this is possible but if you want to totaly remove linux when vista is released you will have to repartition and reformat your hard drive using FDISK but this shouldn't be a very big problem. So yes it is possible.
This has nothing to do with it but what linux distribution do you plan on installing?
Calum
 
It might take a while.
First thing you need to do is backup all your files because when you partition and format you hard drive to install linux you will lose everything.
How big is your hard drive?
Does it have anything already installed on it?
Once you answer those I will explain how you would go about partition your harddrive and installing linux.
 
MS office isnt complatible with linux but there is OpenOffice which is free and basically the same and it can open documents and other files that were made and saved with MS office.
 
Ok so you have got a very big hd.
First of all make sure that it is completely clean.
The first thing you need to do is partition your hd.
If you don't want to spend any money you can do this but it is harder but if you have £40 or something like $80-90 spare then you can do it easier.

EXPENSIVE WAY
Buy Norton Partition magic and use it to partition your hard drive so that it has 3 partitions, a 20-30gig partition, a 2-4gig partition and the rest all one partition.

FREE WAY
Download PCLinuxOS from www.pclinuxos.com and burn it to a cd using an iso burner. Boot from CD drive and when you have logged in click the button in the bottom right and click run. type "diskdrake", select to cust partition and make a 20-30gig partition, a 2-4gig partition and the rest one partition. Make the 20-30gig partition ext2 and give the the label / and make the 2-4gig partition swap and make the rest ext2 and give it the label /home

If you need any more help feel free to PM me and if you have 2 computers I can add you on msn so I can guide you through it but if you can do it yourself then ok.
 
calumn said:
Ok so you have got a very big hd.
First of all make sure that it is completely clean.
The first thing you need to do is partition your hd.
If you don't want to spend any money you can do this but it is harder but if you have £40 or something like $80-90 spare then you can do it easier.

EXPENSIVE WAY
Buy Norton Partition magic and use it to partition your hard drive so that it has 3 partitions, a 20-30gig partition, a 2-4gig partition and the rest all one partition.

FREE WAY
Download PCLinuxOS from www.pclinuxos.com and burn it to a cd using an iso burner. Boot from CD drive and when you have logged in click the button in the bottom right and click run. type "diskdrake", select to cust partition and make a 20-30gig partition, a 2-4gig partition and the rest one partition. Make the 20-30gig partition ext2 and give the the label / and make the 2-4gig partition swap and make the rest ext2 and give it the label /home

If you need any more help feel free to PM me and if you have 2 computers I can add you on msn so I can guide you through it but if you can do it yourself then ok.
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EASY WAY
simply boot to DOS mode and type C:/FDISK
 
mattsprattuk said:
EASY WAY
simply boot to DOS mode and type C:/FDISK
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He has quite clearly said he has an empty hard drive, all he needs to do is partition it.... Does it not figure that FDISK is a component of windows, of which he doesnt have on an empty drive....

dragon
 
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No offence but I don't think you know enough to even think of trying Linux.

For starters you don't have to PAY for the latest version, choose a FREE distribution.

Secondly, it's LINUX, not Lunix or Lunux.

Thirdly you don't even know what software you can use with it so you obviously haven't done any research whatsoever.

Fourthly... you don't know how to format a drive, yet you want to try installing and configuring a Linux distro?

Linux is nothing like Windows, if you have no idea what you're doing now you'll be staring blankly at your screen when you stick the CD in.
 
Simon@Linux said:
No offence but I don't think you know enough to even think of trying Linux.

For starters you don't have to PAY for the latest version, choose a FREE distribution.

Secondly, it's LINUX, not Lunix or Lunux.

Thirdly you don't even know what software you can use with it so you obviously haven't done any research whatsoever.

Fourthly... you don't know how to format a drive, yet you want to try installing and configuring a Linux distro?

Linux is nothing like Windows, if you have no idea what you're doing now you'll be staring blankly at your screen when you stick the CD in.
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I second that.
Linux is a lot more user intensive OS, and if you are having problems just installing linux, then something tells me you will have problems installing programs, let alone compiling them if need be.
 
Simon@Linux said:
No offence but I don't think you know enough to even think of trying Linux.

For starters you don't have to PAY for the latest version, choose a FREE distribution.

Secondly, it's LINUX, not Lunix or Lunux.

Thirdly you don't even know what software you can use with it so you obviously haven't done any research whatsoever.

Fourthly... you don't know how to format a drive, yet you want to try installing and configuring a Linux distro?

Linux is nothing like Windows, if you have no idea what you're doing now you'll be staring blankly at your screen when you stick the CD in.
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Meh, if you dont try anything, than its awfully hard to learn stuff.
I agree that he needs to do some research but i think its not right for you to tell him he shouldn't even try. I did my first linux install from about his position (i did a little more research). It went okay but i posted many places asking for help. The best way to learn is through experience.

I'd recommend ubuntu. Easy, quick, free. And it walks you through the partition during the install.;)

Note: You will need to be very patient, and at first, you shouldnt use linux in an enviroment where you need to work fast to get stuff done. You never know what will happen and with little knowladge, it can take a day or two (or even more) to get a problem fully fixed
 
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calumn said:
MS office isnt complatible with linux but there is OpenOffice which is free and basically the same and it can open documents and other files that were made and saved with MS office.
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I'd imagine you could get it working with Wine. Though OpenOffice.org would be more secure as it's meant to be run on Linux and thus would cause less potential trouble.
 
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Well to be honest I was either expecting a total flaming for my post or total agreement, I guess there is still time for the flaming ;)

epidemik, you have a good point. We all have to start somewhere but unless he does a lot more research he won't even be able to make a start!

mrjack, apparently it is possible to install MS Office through WINE but it's not very stable so wouldn't be worth the hassle.
 
Simon@Linux said:
mrjack, apparently it is possible to install MS Office through WINE but it's not very stable so wouldn't be worth the hassle.
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That's why I said that OpenOffice.org would be more "secure" as it is developed for Linux among other OS's, not just for Windows like MS Office. But if he really wanted to he could use MS Office.
 
And whoever told him to partition the disk by wasting £40 on Norton Partition whatever is stupid. Linux installation disks ALL come with a partitioner, just start the installer.


Don't leave out CrossOver, it gets MS Office to work in Linux. I use it, It's great (doesn't cost too much).
 
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