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Old 06-29-2011, 11:32 AM   #1
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Smile Help in selecting the correct Linux platform?


i have a PC its Intel Quad core,Intel DG45ID mother board, 8GB ram and 1GB 9400 GT nvidia graphics card.
i watch movies a lot.
i work Comsol Multiphysics.
i play games a lot.
i want to get rid of Windows.i would like to get a best suggestion Which Linux to be installed in my PC?
 
Old 06-29-2011, 11:38 AM   #2
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Get a few of the LiveCD's and test them out. Off the top of my head, I'd recommend Ubuntu, but there are several other great distributions available that should support all of your hardware. For managing a digital movie library, check out Boxee as a media center app.

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Old 06-29-2011, 12:22 PM   #3
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If you play a lot of games, don't ditch Windows too quickly. Some games can be played using Wine: see
http://appdb.winehq.org/
Comsol Multiphysics is available for Linux.
I'd recommend Mint rather than Ubuntu. It's based on Ubuntu, but they install the media codecs for you, and ignore Ubuntu's sillier changes.
 
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Old 06-29-2011, 07:02 PM   #4
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for a new to linux user
look at a few different ones - see what you like
Ubuntu
MintLinux
PCLinux - some like , never used it
or
OpenSUSE 11.4
or the long life and NOT FREE
SELD 11 ( SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop )
 
Old 06-30-2011, 03:26 AM   #5
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If you play a lot of games, don't ditch Windows too quickly. Some games can be played using Wine: see
http://appdb.winehq.org/
Comsol Multiphysics is available for Linux.
I'd recommend Mint rather than Ubuntu. It's based on Ubuntu, but they install the media codecs for you, and ignore Ubuntu's sillier changes.
I am planning to install Mint Linux 11 . I have downloaded the x64 edition.
I have 2 HDD 1.500GB
2.1TB
I want to install Linux in 500GB and I wanted to keep that 1TB for storage of media files. is it possible to create partitions like windows and keep media files.
can u help me in the installation of Linux as the given above requirement....
 
Old 06-30-2011, 03:52 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by sanjay_2001 View Post
i have a PC its Intel Quad core,Intel DG45ID mother board, 8GB ram and 1GB 9400 GT nvidia graphics card.
i watch movies a lot.
i work Comsol Multiphysics.
i play games a lot.
i want to get rid of Windows.i would like to get a best suggestion Which Linux to be installed in my PC?
i referred this when i was choosing a distro for myself....
it helped a lot....!!

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Old 06-30-2011, 12:57 PM   #7
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I am planning to install Mint Linux 11
I have 2 HDD
Is it possible to create partitions like windows and keep media files.
I take it you have downloaded the Mint Manual?
http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation.php

The installer will have a partitioning tool that will enable you to setup your drives. When you've finished, the drives will be "invisible": unlike Windows, with its c: and d:, Linux makes one filing system for everything. The two drives will be called /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, while the partitions will be called /dev/sda1 and so on. If you keep Windows, that will be on /dev/sda1. You can shrink this to a convenient size and free up space for Linux. The root filing system (just called /) will go on /dev/sda2 and will hold the operating system and all the software (10GB will be fine). Partition /dev/dsa3 will hold a subdirectory called /home (containing /home/sanjay with all your files). If you want to keep /home/sanjay/Videos, ~/Pictures, and ~/Music on /dev/sdb, it's easy to do.

Good luck, and have fun

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Old 06-30-2011, 02:43 PM   #8
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When you've finished, the drives will be "invisible":
"invisible" isn't really a good word to describe it, it's just that it uses a very different system compared to Windows.
 
Old 07-01-2011, 10:46 AM   #9
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"invisible" isn't really a good word to describe it, it's just that it uses a very different system compared to Windows.
Since the OP seems to come from an English-speaking country, I assumed he'd know that we put quotes around a word to show we're not using it literally: I'm sorry that this confusued you. I meant that you can use a Linux computer and only know how many hard drives it has if you ask, but a Windows user constantly sees things like c: and d:. To see just how effectively Linux can conceal its hardware, see here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...t-from-889289/

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Old 07-01-2011, 11:17 AM   #10
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With such a powerful computer I would consider to run Windows in a virtual machine. You could then create the directory for the mediafiles in a (Linux)partition and use it as a shared folder in the virtual machine. The advantage would be that you can use Linux-filesystems on the whole computer.

Markus

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