(April 30, 2015 at 4:40 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: Just use virtualbox on windows and install ubuntu. Get your feet wet first and see how much better the linux world is. Then ditch both completely and move to fedora.
Due to the need for AutoCAD, permanently ditching Winblows will continue to be a pipe dream as long as I continue to need AutoCAD.
(April 30, 2015 at 4:52 am)pocaracas Wrote: Yeah... ubuntu sucks balls:
http://www.howtogeek.com/188589/5-things...14.04-lts/
Amazon search integration turned ON by default?! WTH?!
Use Fedora, or just the basic Debian if you really want the .deb packaging system and repositories you'll find in ubuntu... or Mint.
Also, if you're noobing it out, use virtualbox in windows and install your linux distro in there... you can even make several virtual disks, each with one different linux distro so you can compare them all, before actual messing up your disks boot record(s).
Virtualbox works best if your processor supports virtualization (Intel or AMD).
Not totally noobing. I've played around with Linux before, but needed a functional machine and didn't have the time or the know how when trying to blow M$ off. I now have the time, but still have a need for a functional Winblows PC as well. I kinda like the idea of the virtual machines, but I'm concerned with how well they'll represent how Linux actually runs on the hardware (don't trust windows to allow Linux to run properly). Dual boot sounds to me like the best solution for now.
(April 30, 2015 at 6:35 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I would very much suggest two things for sure before getting started:(emphasis is mine)
1) If you are going to be switching back and forth a lot, I would recommend formatting your Linux partition NTFS, even though ext3 or ext4 is better. Reason being, you cannot access files from your Linux partition when you are back in Windows if you choose one of the latter. If this doesn't matter, ext3 would be my recommendation.
2) Check your peripherals in virtualization first. Mouse functions, keyboard functions, printers, etc. You might find some essential function is lost.
All my Windows shit is on a pair of drives in a 3TB Raid 1 configuration. Win 7 on the SSD. I have a whole, empty 2TB drive to play with.
What I might do is chop it into three or four pieces and install three or four distros on it so I can play with multiple version on a quad- or penta-boot system.
It's apparently not going to be Ubuntu 14.04. Two separate downloads, two DVD burns and a thumb-drive installer and I can't get it to the install screen on any computer in the house, including the old one that once ran Ubuntu 12.04. Time to try something else I think. Once I realized it might be the distro and not my hardware, I downloaded (alphabetically) CentOS, Debian, Elementary OS, Fedora, Mageia and Mint in addition to Ubuntu. I also still have my Ubuntu 12.04 install disc.
I'm thinking Mint first, though I'll probably try booting the Ubuntu 12.04 disc just to make sure I can get the installer running before burning more coasters.
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