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VK2TV > LINUX 10.07.09 04:46l 99 Lines 3606 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Which,where & how ?
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G0TEZ wrote:-
> From : G0TEZ
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> Date/time : 09-Jul 04:20
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> Message # : 932
> Title : Which,where & how ?
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> From: G0TEZ@GB7FCR.#16.GBR.EU
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> I have been considering giving Linux another try. Up until about 5 years
> ago I had tried Linux going back as far as Slackware v 3. Al I got was a
> headache !
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>
> I know there are a lot of easier to install flavours around. Can anyone
> reccomend the best ?
>
> I do have a couple of partition programmes though I think they are only
> DOS. My HDD is 160 GB
> of which I have only used 26%. What size partition would you recomend and
> how do I make a more modern Linux prog install to any other partition but
> C, which is what Rd Hat 10, the last one I tried always wanted to do, thus
> replacing my Windows O.S.
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> 73 from Ian, G0TEZ...
Hello Ian,
Installation of Linux has come a long way over the years and is mostly a
painless task these days although occasionally some cryptic questions get
asked, but Windoze can do the same.
My preference is for Debian based systems, probably because I started with
Debian back in 1992/3 and I've stuck with it. Ubuntu or Kubuntu have user
friendly installations and are available as an iso image that you can burn
to a bootable CDROM. I vowed to never again touch the "easy-to-install"
Redhat, which I found infinitely more difficult to install than the
"difficult-to-install" Debian. Debian used to have a bad reputation as
being difficult to install, but not any more.
I tried Mandriva but I didn't like their package manager or the commercial
nature of the distribution.
I use vanilla Debian on my bbs but my laptop and another machine I'm
setting up both use Kubuntu.
A word of warning, however. The standard iso image for Kubuntu won't
install on some Dell machines. I have two DElls and I had to revert to the
text based version of Kubuntu, which is identical to the Debian install
procedure.
As for HDD space, I'd give it 20GB if you can, or more, just so you have
room to manouver. The Kubuntu iso CDROM can, from memory, partition the
HDD so that Linux runs in its own partition. It will ask to install the
GRUB boot manager which gives boot options for either operating system.
The default system is configurable later.
I have to say that I haven't used the Linux partitioner for partitioning
an existing partition, I've always partitioned prior to installing any
o/s. If you're nervous about partitioning an existing system, you could
add a second HDD just for Linux.
For my laptop I have a 160GB HDD with three partitions.
20Gb NTFS for WinXP (C:)
80GB FAT32 for data (D:)
60GB for Linux (I expect to ultimately move most function to Linux)
On my home computer I have three HDD's
HDD 1, 160GB, has two partitions. One is 40GB (approx) for the NTFS for
WinXP (C:), and the second is 120GB (approx) for a FAT32 data partition
(D:).
HDD 2, is 40GB, FAT32 for backup purposes (F:).
HDD 3 is 40GB for Linux
The reason for the FAT32 file system on both computers for data is so that
they can be read or written to by either Windoze or Linux.
On both computers I use the GRUB bootloader.
If you choose to try Kubuntu or Ubuntu (the only difference is the
particular desktop that installs - KDE or Gnome, respectively), the iso
CDROM permits you to try from the CDROM without installing to HDD.
Cheers ... vk2tv
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