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toddzilla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 12:28 PM
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linux dual boot options?
I'm looking to try out some linux dual boot stuff. What distro can i download that will work with a minimum of linux knowledge? I'm very pc and hardware savvy, but have very little experience with linux.

thanks.

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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 04:10 PM
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1. No help here.
Edited on Sat Jan-01-05 04:11 PM by bvar22
I will be doing the same thing, and watching(and kicking) this thread.


I am anxious to migrate to Linux, and looking for suggestions from current users.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 04:55 PM
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2. Post #2 in this thread:
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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-01-05 06:50 PM
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3. I seriously recommend
downloading and burning a copy of Knoppix.
http://knoppix.org

It's a complete Linux distribution on a single CD. It allows you to boot off the CD and try Linux out before installing. Some of the large distributions such as Mandrake (http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/mandrakemove) have live CDs that will allow you try out the distribution and later install it.
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 11:34 AM
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4. For Dual Booting, Suse would probably be your best choice...
...it also lets you resize partitions without causing any damage. I did it on my PC and laptop. Very easy.
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