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Dual-Booting on DELL x86-64bit running XP w/ SP3
I feel this is more appropriate to this forum than 'distribution'.
I simply want to have the best experience possible w/ setting up a dual-boot situation w/ XP & Linux. The question is "Which linux pkg shd I use for the dual-boot'? I'm new, so I'm not hungup on any Linux preference. I just want a DRAMA-less installation. I did search for past experiences, but didn't find any specific to my request. Thanks much |
Hello bayprince,
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with the old XP you have a choice
now i found that life was WAY easier - less problems CAUSED BY MICROSOFT When i let MS have the MBR the xp " boot.ini " can boot a copy of the linux "/boot" partition This is the " using "dd" method" this is a bit OLD - very old http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linu...op.html?page=1 Linux OS's have full NTFS read/write so there is no need to mess with fat32 ( most of the "how-to's" for dual booting using dd have you put the 512 bit image on a 3.5 in floppy ) now as to WHAT version of "Linux" ???? Linux is ONLY the hardware interface kernel ( the Linux kernel ) the rest is the Operating system For a NEW user " linux Mint" is a good choice http://linuxmint.com/ OpenSUSE 12.1 might ,BUT NOT on a old computer with XP suse NEEDS a high end 64 bit computer 8+ gig ram . or let grub boot both http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2319615,00.asp but XP can try to "fix" a perfectly good and WORKING grub install and replace it with the MS bootloader killing the linux boot option |
Default answer for a hassle free Linux for new users was Ubuntu, and still may well be, but there are signs that people might be leaving due to major interface changes. As far as I can tell Linux Mint just works and seems pretty logically set up to me.
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Ubuntu is easy to install as with wubi we can install ubuntu as a software.
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Ubuntu wins
Thanks for the replies; I will make a go of it w/ Ubuntu. Hopefully I'll be able to get a USB Wireless Adapter to work w/ it.
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