Sabayon or Ubuntu? Other?

Sabayon or Ubuntu? Other?

  • Sabayon

    Votes: 3 33.3%

  • Ubuntu

    Votes: 6 66.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    9
  • Poll closed .
I think what I might do is split up the 75gb partition I have specifically to try linux distros and see what works best for me. After all, they are free to d/l :)

hehe yeah...triple boot...thats the ticket ;)
 
no need, download the free vmware app for linux and run virtual machines of Linux over and over again until you find a distro you like. No need to run installs for every distro, that just wastes time!
 
isn't this what grub does?
I already have my 150g hdd split into 2 75g partitions with XP on the primary. My plan was to download a distro load it and use grub to go back and forth between distros. Can I not do this?
 
Last edited:
bldgengineer said:
I think what I might do is split up the 75gb partition I have specifically to try linux distros and see what works best for me. After all, they are free to d/l :)

hehe yeah...triple boot...thats the ticket ;)
Click to expand...

I guess what I should have said is split up the 75gb partition into root partitions for each distro. After installing the first of course.
 
bldgengineer said:
I guess what I should have said is split up the 75gb partition into root partitions for each distro. After installing the first of course.
Click to expand...

You could just run the live disc's until you find one you like. Requires no installation and will probably help you shave off time without the hassle of installing every distro. By any chance, you're not going Sabayon for Beryl are you?
 
actually, what appealed to me about sabayon was the fact that it came as an all in one package and I could pick and choose what I didn't want to install. Where as ubuntu comes as kind of a plain jane, kinda boring, just enough to do what you have to...desktop. I know you can add what you want later and there's a lot of support for it, but I like knowing that its already there if I need it.

I mean don't get me wrong, who wouldn't want Beryl if they could get it bug free and totally stable? But that's not what attracted me to Sabayon to begin with.
 
bldgengineer said:
actually, what appealed to me about sabayon was the fact that it came as an all in one package and I could pick and choose what I didn't want to install. Where as ubuntu comes as kind of a plain jane, kinda boring, just enough to do what you have to...desktop. I know you can add what you want later and there's a lot of support for it, but I like knowing that its already there if I need it.

I mean don't get me wrong, who wouldn't want Beryl if they could get it bug free and totally stable? But that's not what attracted me to Sabayon to begin with.
Click to expand...

Oh, not at all. I just wanted to make sure because most people usually mistake the fact that sabayon is the only one with beryl when beryl is it's own program that can be installed on different distros.
 
bldgengineer said:
actually, what appealed to me about sabayon was the fact that it came as an all in one package and I could pick and choose what I didn't want to install. Where as ubuntu comes as kind of a plain jane, kinda boring, just enough to do what you have to...desktop. I know you can add what you want later and there's a lot of support for it, but I like knowing that its already there if I need it.

I mean don't get me wrong, who wouldn't want Beryl if they could get it bug free and totally stable? But that's not what attracted me to Sabayon to begin with.
Click to expand...

now there's a good boy.yeah everthing is there for you now, no updating.
see, you're better off with sabayon.
 
hehe, the need for "updating" is what would make sabayon fun for me. I guess kinda like baptism by fire is just a way of life for me :)
 
bldgengineer said:
actually, what appealed to me about sabayon was the fact that it came as an all in one package and I could pick and choose what I didn't want to install. Where as ubuntu comes as kind of a plain jane, kinda boring, just enough to do what you have to...desktop. I know you can add what you want later and there's a lot of support for it, but I like knowing that its already there if I need it.

I mean don't get me wrong, who wouldn't want Beryl if they could get it bug free and totally stable? But that's not what attracted me to Sabayon to begin with.
Click to expand...

Actually, Ubuntu comes with lots and lots of great software apps. As far as Beryl goes, I'm using Beryl right now on Ubuntu with no problems. All you have to do to install Beryl is go to Package Manager in Ubuntu and select to install Beryl and it will automatically install it.

~Jordan
 
I'm d/l both right now as I type this and I'm going to install ubuntu first and try it out for a while before I move on the sabayon. My next question is, which I guess I already asked, I already have my 150gb hdd split into 2 75gb partitions(primary w/ xp already on it), should I go ahead and install ubuntu into the other unallocated partition or should re-format the entire drive and partition as needed through swap and/or bootloader or switch between distros and xp with vmware?
 
bldgengineer said:
I'm d/l both right now as I type this and I'm going to install ubuntu first and try it out for a while before I move on the sabayon. My next question is, which I guess I already asked, I already have my 150gb hdd split into 2 75gb partitions(primary w/ xp already on it), should I go ahead and install ubuntu into the other unallocated partition or should re-format the entire drive and partition as needed through swap and/or bootloader or switch between distros and xp with vmware?
Click to expand...

ok since this is linux with linux yeah you can.Install ubuntu or sabayon (whichever comes first) .GRUB (bootloader) will do this automatically.
but anyways this is up to you. if you want VMWARE thats cool ,at least you don't have to buy 2 cd-r ..lol
 
ok when I install a linux os on the unallocated partition I assume it will create it as a primary right? After that, how do you decide which os to boot into? For example, I have xp on one and ubuntu on another(2 primary partitions on the same hdd), will a prompt come up for it?

I'm sorry if all this seems simple. The last time I dual booted OS's, they were OS/2 Warp and Win 3.11 and I did have prompt come up for them.
 
bldgengineer said:
I'm d/l both right now as I type this and I'm going to install ubuntu first and try it out for a while before I move on the sabayon. My next question is, which I guess I already asked, I already have my 150gb hdd split into 2 75gb partitions(primary w/ xp already on it), should I go ahead and install ubuntu into the other unallocated partition or should re-format the entire drive and partition as needed through swap and/or bootloader or switch between distros and xp with vmware?
Click to expand...

I just got Beryl on Ubuntu and I would never switch Ubuntu for any other distro. If you have a fast enough computer make sure you use Beryl. :D

Effect.png


~Jordan
 
bldgengineer said:
ok when I install a linux os on the unallocated partition I assume it will create it as a primary right? After that, how do you decide which os to boot into? For example, I have xp on one and ubuntu on another(2 primary partitions on the same hdd), will a prompt come up for it?

I'm sorry if all this seems simple. The last time I dual booted OS's, they were OS/2 Warp and Win 3.11 and I did have prompt come up for them.
Click to expand...

:)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top