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[tinyjo]

*twitch* *twitch*

Don't mind me, just attempting to install dual-boot Linux (Linspire, specifically*)on our PC...

* Because it's *easy* and I have no patience for learning curves atm.

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[pinata23.livejournal.com]

Ubuntu dual boots really easy with Windows. Though I'd be certain that you put a boot partition in the first 8GB of the hard drive, or it will write a grub to the mbr that refuses to boot anything at all.

I'm using Ubuntu right now. The hardware detection is excelent, but I'm not convinced about the way that it tries to hide complexity from the user. And it changed my screen settings to 640x400 for some reason and I had to re-configure the whole X server in order to get back to something sensible.
Hope it worked out OK in the end Jo...

[draconid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it took us ages to work out how to add a root login, and doing so by sudo didn't seem the most secure idea ever!

But for a first time Linux distro I think it's excellent. I have far less problems with Ubuntu than with either of my Fedora or Debian machines.