More specifically...what is it capable of? And what can it not do? I have never used linux before and I am putting together a new system that will dual-boot. I want to use XP for games and linux to play around with. Other than pros and cons, what distro will take advantage of multi-cores and 4gb+ ram? Can you run games on a linux system with a VM?
What are the pros and cons of a good linux 64-bit distro?
If you are not familiar with Linux I suggest go for the VM environment instead of dual boot. One cool thing about VM environment is you can share resources easily and much less time to switch back and forth. On the con side it takes double RAM for running VM environment.
Few things to consider.
- 64 bit VM will only work with 64 bit base OS. So if you install 32 bit base OS 64 bit VM can't be created. (XP/2003 server or Vista)
- Use Red hat or Suse or some well supported Linux distribution. You might run into a bunch of driver issues
- Make sure you have lots of RAM. I suggest 2 GB or more. VM uses physical ram and not paging file so you need 512-1024 MB ram for base OS and256 to 512 MB for guest OS.
- Check for RHOS logos for driver availability. Or stick to 1-2 year older hardware you will definitely find drivers
Most of 64 bit distros will make use of RAM more than 4 GB some base OS will not for e.g.Windows XP will only recognize 3 GB of ram even if you have 4 GB installed. For that matter Linus started supporting 64 bit and 1 TB of ram at least 3 years before windows did.
Only problem I have with dual boot is if you don't have network driver it takes long time to down load and install until you get internet going.
You can run pretty much all games on Linux VM. I am using SUSE and windows server for my setup and it's running greate. I only have problems with Wireless Lan and under Linux while running under dual boot.
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I need to know if there is any way to install windows9x under Linux?
I need to know if I can actually install and run win ME INSIDE Linux. I know I can install linux inside windows, but I am not sure of the opposite. I'm currently running winME and mandrake-Linux 8.0 Powerpack Edition on a dual boot system, on a 530 mhz Intel computer. If you know of a method to install winMe under Linux, so that windows runs inside Linux, let me know.
I need to know if there is any way to install windows9x under Linux?
qemu(http://qemu.org/).
personally I use bochs(http://bochs.sourceforge.net).
of course to emulate apps there is always wine(http://winehq.com)
I need to know if there is any way to install windows9x under Linux?
qemu(http://qemu.org/).
personally I use bochs(http://bochs.sourceforge.net).
of course to emulate apps there is always wine(http://winehq.com)
What should I use for backing up/cloning a linux computer?
I used to have norton ghost and acronis for windows, which I really liked. Is there a comparable package on linux?
What should I use for backing up/cloning a linux computer?
Ya there are plenty.
Freeghost
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghos...
Partimage
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
This one is great but is not capable of cloning from a larger disk to a smaller disk, working with individual disk partitions, or creating or restoring image files (locally or otherwise). If thats not your situation this is what Id recommend.
http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone...
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net
Personally I like clonezilla, but whatever does it for you.
What should I use for backing up/cloning a linux computer?
Ya there are plenty.
Freeghost
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeghos...
Partimage
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page
This one is great but is not capable of cloning from a larger disk to a smaller disk, working with individual disk partitions, or creating or restoring image files (locally or otherwise). If thats not your situation this is what Id recommend.
http://www.miray.de/products/sat.hdclone...
http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net
Personally I like clonezilla, but whatever does it for you.
How do I convert a windows partition to a linux partition?
I need to intall linux on a computer while retaining windows without doing a partitionless installation.
How do I convert a windows partition to a linux partition?
I really dont think that is possible.
You will have to partition the drive while installing linux. I think that is because linux uses its own type of a file system other than windows.
When i installed Mandrake on a pc that was already running windows 2k, the mandrake installation made a partition of its own n installed. However, it was dual boot.
Reply:u cannot do it. if u want the linux with all features,some time back i had used some kind of software wich offers only shell... which can be installed on windows partion
How do I convert a windows partition to a linux partition?
I really dont think that is possible.
You will have to partition the drive while installing linux. I think that is because linux uses its own type of a file system other than windows.
When i installed Mandrake on a pc that was already running windows 2k, the mandrake installation made a partition of its own n installed. However, it was dual boot.
Reply:u cannot do it. if u want the linux with all features,some time back i had used some kind of software wich offers only shell... which can be installed on windows partion
What is the difference between hosting on windows or linux?
I am starting up a website, and I've noticed that when signing up for hosting, it asks what kind of hosting you want, Windows or Linux, what is the difference. Are there compatability issues? Will I be able to use my mac?
What is the difference between hosting on windows or linux?
You would be able to use any operating system to view the pages. Whether you want to host on Windows or Linux determines what operating system you want the host to run. There are standards in the form of protocols (FTP, HTTP, SSH) in place that would solve any communication problems. (The way a mac, windows, or linux computer can all access the same website, because it uses HTTP.)
The main factor in your decision should be what programming languages you want to run. If you want to use PHP/MySQL or Oracle based scripts, I would choose Linux or Unix.
If you want to use ASP.NET or any .NET based scripts, I would choose Windows, as Linux does not support these languages.
In my experience, Linux runs faster and more stable than Windows. But I'm not going to say 'it runs faster period' as that usually leads to flame wars.
Hope this helps,
Ken
Reply:if ur site does not use any server side scripts it will not be any issue .
if ur website uses a linux based server side database and scripts it may not work on linux (in case of asp) and in case of .net it will not work on linux till date
and for windows same is the case
pollen
What is the difference between hosting on windows or linux?
You would be able to use any operating system to view the pages. Whether you want to host on Windows or Linux determines what operating system you want the host to run. There are standards in the form of protocols (FTP, HTTP, SSH) in place that would solve any communication problems. (The way a mac, windows, or linux computer can all access the same website, because it uses HTTP.)
The main factor in your decision should be what programming languages you want to run. If you want to use PHP/MySQL or Oracle based scripts, I would choose Linux or Unix.
If you want to use ASP.NET or any .NET based scripts, I would choose Windows, as Linux does not support these languages.
In my experience, Linux runs faster and more stable than Windows. But I'm not going to say 'it runs faster period' as that usually leads to flame wars.
Hope this helps,
Ken
Reply:if ur site does not use any server side scripts it will not be any issue .
if ur website uses a linux based server side database and scripts it may not work on linux (in case of asp) and in case of .net it will not work on linux till date
and for windows same is the case
pollen
What files do I have to download to run Linux from a CD?
Is the ISO file enough or do I need to download additional file for my computer to read the ISO. PS. I already tried but even though my CD ROM is working my PC would not load LINUX.
What files do I have to download to run Linux from a CD?
As Banstorm said you would possibly want to get hold of a live Cd of Linux, you can either get this as a CD which you will need to insert into your CD/DVD drive and reboot the machine or as an iso image which you must burn to a CD, making sure the computer is set to boot from the CD drive (you may have to alter the bios to get this to work, not dificult)
If you burn a Linux distro iso to a CD and boot your computer you will then install linux to your hard drive so you will be able to pick between starting in windows or linux.
It may pay to check out a site like http://www.justlinux.com, it's got all the info you will need and if you sign up there are plenty of people willing to help you.
Reply:I was just checking out the latest release of Kororaa Linux. It's got a great GUI and runs off a CD(though I haven't played with it extensively). Check it out. There's also Damn Small Linux which will run off a CD or a USB Flash Drive.
Reply:You need a "Live" linux bootable distro.
You will need a decent CD/DVD burning package to burm the .iso
Check out the link below, most links off that page will provide help also.
What files do I have to download to run Linux from a CD?
As Banstorm said you would possibly want to get hold of a live Cd of Linux, you can either get this as a CD which you will need to insert into your CD/DVD drive and reboot the machine or as an iso image which you must burn to a CD, making sure the computer is set to boot from the CD drive (you may have to alter the bios to get this to work, not dificult)
If you burn a Linux distro iso to a CD and boot your computer you will then install linux to your hard drive so you will be able to pick between starting in windows or linux.
It may pay to check out a site like http://www.justlinux.com, it's got all the info you will need and if you sign up there are plenty of people willing to help you.
Reply:I was just checking out the latest release of Kororaa Linux. It's got a great GUI and runs off a CD(though I haven't played with it extensively). Check it out. There's also Damn Small Linux which will run off a CD or a USB Flash Drive.
Reply:You need a "Live" linux bootable distro.
You will need a decent CD/DVD burning package to burm the .iso
Check out the link below, most links off that page will provide help also.
How do I connect to a wireless network in Linux?
I don't know a lot about Linux, so please explain everything.
I clicked the connect to network thing and entered ethe password, but it doesent work. I am using a netgear WG11v2 54mbps wireless USB adapter.
How do I connect to a wireless network in Linux?
Which distro are you using, and dont use netgear
I clicked the connect to network thing and entered ethe password, but it doesent work. I am using a netgear WG11v2 54mbps wireless USB adapter.
How do I connect to a wireless network in Linux?
Which distro are you using, and dont use netgear
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