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| | I know I may be opening a can of worms here but I'd like to know what some of you think is the best Linux distribution to load and co-exist with Vista on the same drive. I have a 250gb internal SATA that in total I'm only using about 50g's of. I'd like to partition this drive off into 2 - 125gb partitions and load Linux. I haven't played with Linux much in the last few years so I'm kinda behind on the various distributions and I suspect some may co-exist with Vista better than others. Any opinions? Steve
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| Ubuntu 7.10 is a good place to start. It is really good for beginners and pretty stable. Very good support on their forums - http://ubuntuforums.org/
When I first started with Linux, I was told that I would end up trying at least 5-6 distros. Others that I would recommend trying are PC LinuxOS and MintLinux.
The best thing about Linux distros are, they're free.
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| | Well, I would like to give it a try, again.... Every couple of years I load Linux on something and suddenly remember why I de-installed it the previous time. But, I have enough disk space and I'm curious to see if its evolved much since the last time I wiped it. Due to popular demand, I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu and think I will give that a shot for now. Anybody got any installation tips before I start? It will be going on 1/2 of a 250gb drive with Vista on it. Steve
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Mother Board
Intel E6850 Processor, oc'd to 3.4ghz
4gb DDR2 800mhz G.skill Dual channel ram
MSI GeForce GX8600GT Twin Turbo Video
Aspire Xdiscover case with lots of fans
Antec 650 Watt PSU, 250 gb SATA HD, 2 Samsung DVD writers
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| Back up everything.
The installer for Ubuntu is pretty straight forward but back up your stuff first.
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