On Sep 13, 4:20 am, damando <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently built my 1st pc with Windows 7 64bit. Can I also install > Linux ?
Did you want to run Linux in Windows or separately? If you're interested in running Linux within Windows, there are several options with varying benefits and drawbacks. There's Cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/ It basically lets you run Linux apps natively on Windows and provides an emulation layer as dlls. There's Portable Ubuntu http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableubuntu/ and Joli OS http://www.jolicloud.com/download These types of solutions work using techniques such as CoLinux http://www.colinux.org/ or Wubi https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi They basically use emulators and/or virtual disks. If you want to run Windows and Linux separately, you can dual boot as someone else suggested. When I build my own PCs, I use removable drives in drive enclosures rather than dual booting and then I just swap out my drives so that the operating system I want to use is the one that boots. I've found it easier to set up and maintain than a dual or multi boot system. Sincerely, Laura http://www.distasis.com/cpp -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
