patrick darcy wrote:
> Kathleen Dickason wrote:
>
> > patrick darcy wrote:
> >
> > > Kathleen Dickason wrote:
> > >
> > > > 20 gigs is ample room for 2 OSes or more. is there a reason you don't
> > > > want to partition the main drive? are you only running windows now?
> > > >
> > > > Kandace Little wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > My hard drive now is 20 gigs and the one that I canadd is only 4 gigs.
> > > > > I was thinking it would be nice tohave Linux on its own drive all
> > > > > together. I guess I woulduse the whole Hard drive for Linux, unless
> > > > > that wouldcause problems? Stephen
> > > >
> > > i got 2 drives one 15 gig the other 20 gig and linex has em both
> > > :)
> >
> > Wow! I've got 2 drives with a combined total of 23.6 gig...and 4 OSes. Soon
> > to be 5. Hee.
> >
> > --
> > Kathleen Dickason
> > Registered Linux user #182139
>
> how come so many operating systems. i find this fascinating. what do u
> do more or less with each of them
I have so many because I'm an OS addict. *grin* I am curious about how they work
and what apps are available in each environment. And CheapBytes makes them simple
to acquire as well as inexpensive.
I started with Windows 98, which came preinstalled and which I keep because there
are some programs I need for work that Ionly have in Windows...like Adobe
PageMaker and PhotoShop.
I don't like Windows much, though, so I installed Linux Mandrake 7.0 as a dual
boot, then upgraded to 7.1. This is my current favorite OS. I use it for
learning to program in C, for email and websurfing. I'm still exploring and
learning!
After that, I got curious. I have a friend who used to program for the BeOS, so I
bought a 2nd hard drive and installed BeOS 5 on that. Be is my 2nd favorite
OS...I use it to play with graphics programs and 3D modeling, and also for email
and websurfing.
Since I like the Unix aspect of Linux a lot, I got curious about other flavors,
and installed FreeBSD also on the 2nd hard drive. I have only played with this a
little so far, since I am currently spending most of my free time playing with C
programming.
I plan to install Sun Solaris in the future, since it's one of the Unices most
commonly used by businesses around here.
But mostly, I just like to play with them. :)
--
Kathleen Dickason
Registered Linux user #182139
