>From an Alberta cowboy, my preference would be Puppylinux run as a live CD. With a backup copy of your persistence file it's impossible for Puppylinux to mess up. That way you have XP and Linux without the worry of grub, MBR, problems.
--- 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 > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
