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Questions before i start using linux

First do i have to uninstall Windows to get the full linux benifit

Second what is the best for personal use at home.

Third will i be able to play games on linux

Fourth is it easy to install

Userfriendly?

I just want to take a break from windows and i am not sure where to start. Thanks

-T

Re: Questions before i start using linux

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First do i have to uninstall Windows to get the full linux benifit

No you can dual boot the two OS's with grubb or lilo

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Second what is the best for personal use at home.

Well being a beginer I would recommend something with a packaging system such as Debian or Red Hat. My preference is debian i HATE redhat. I use Slackware as well but that would be to complex for you at this stage.

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Third will i be able to play games on linux

Some and not others. It is not as vast a selection as the Windows environment but there are Linux games ot be played.

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Fourth is it easy to install

Most packages come with a pretty easy walk through such as Debian it guides you through everything asking simple questions such as "Will this be a webserver?" then installs needed packages such as apache etc etc

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Userfriendly?

At a console level NO. But at X Windows level.. yes

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I just want to take a break from windows and i am not sure where to start. Thanks

GOod choice and your welcome.

Re: Questions before i start using linux

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Originally Posted by techniner

Ok...

No you can dual boot the two OS's with grubb or lilo

Well being a beginer I would recommend something with a packaging system such as Debian or Red Hat. My preference is debian i HATE redhat. I use Slackware as well but that would be to complex for you at this stage.

Some and not others. It is not as vast a selection as the Windows environment but there are Linux games ot be played.

Most packages come with a pretty easy walk through such as Debian it guides you through everything asking simple questions such as "Will this be a webserver?" then installs needed packages such as apache etc etc

At a console level NO. But at X Windows level.. yes

GOod choice and your welcome.

Thank you again, so you would reccomend debain. Would you mind linking me to exactly what i need. I did a search and there was so much! Also what do you mean "easy at console level"

Re: Questions before i start using linux

Console meaning... COMMAND LINE INTERFACE.

http://www.us.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/

CD 1 of the latest version is all you need.

Once online you can download any other packages you may want.

Re: Questions before i start using linux

So, i am i correct is saying that i need to download everthing on this page and burn it all to a cd/dvd

Re: Questions before i start using linux

Well what is also very usefull is: Linux For Dummies it explains everything you need to know to get started with linux and also more advanced things and things like office applications. The book comes with a DVD with 6 linux distributions: Linspire, Xandros, Fedora Core and some more.
(Including Knoppix which you dont need to install but you can just run from the DVD directly)
BTW: You can download lots of programs for linux for free. (thats because they are open source)

Hope you enjoy linux!!
(BTW: I'm a big noob myself around linux)

Re: Questions before i start using linux

You Can find the book here http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...39043?v=glance but there are a lot of translations of it. I dont know where you live but there'll probably be a book store in your neigbourhood where they sell it.

Re: Questions before i start using linux

Hey, thanks alot i will look into it