--- In [email protected], "MuskokaCowboy" <muskokacow...@...> wrote: > > Hi Guys: > > I have been lurking for a few months and am now considering installing > Linux on my Dell laptop. I am not a total newbie to Linux. I installed > Mandrake Linux on an old computer a couple of years ago and played > around with it for a while. > > My laptop has a AMD Sempron 2.0 GHz processor, 2 GB of ram and a 320 > GB hard drive with XP installed. I have a home wireless network. > > I mainly use this computer for web browsing, email and bittorrent and > I often use VNC viewer to remotely control my desktop computer which > is also running XP. I do occassonally (maybe 2 days per month) need to > run Windows business programs on this computer (Quickbooks, Simply > Accounting etc.). > > Based on the messages that I have read I am thinking of installing > Linux Mint but would consider any other recommendations. I am > wondering if I should run a dual boot system for the times when I need > Windows or should I just go with Linux and use something like Wine for > those times when I need to run Windows apps. I am also looking for > help on how I should partition the hard drive. > > Thanks for your help in advance and also thanks for running this group > to help people like myself. > > Dave > Hi, Dave! As a Newb myself, I took the advice of someone (I believe it was Loyal) and replaced Vista on a new Dell Vostro 1510 (great price, good performance, the ONLY reason I bought a Vista-loaded machine) with Mint (Elyssa) and loaded VBox, and I am blown away! Still haven't messed with my wireless yet (couldn't get it right under Windows), but it was totally unreal how well my (fresh) copy of XP ran under VBox...I recommend it whole-heartedly!!! I guess your main prob would be with using an already-registered version, no? I also installed (don't ask why) a system-restore version of Windows ME under VBox and, other than installing very slowly, it runs...well, as well as it did on my old desktop. I made up a registration number on the installation screen and never allowed the connection to MS, then just ignored the horrible "register your software" window and went along. Maybe there's a way to bypass the registration? Or, worst case scenario, you could buy another license from M$...ugh, what a disgusting idea!!! Anyway, Mint is fantastic, VBox is unbelievable, and I want to thank Loyal or whomever it was who recommended it to me! Mark "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." James Branch Cabell
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