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Old 08-05-2007, 08:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hi guys i recently bought 160gb sata disk(i already hav a old sata drive 80gb with winxp installed)......

so i'm thinking of installin

ubuntu
mandriva
opensuse
fedora core
debain
solaris
slackware
knoppix

all this on new hdd disk with 10 gb of space for each OS and a swap file of 1gb(as i hav 512mb ram)... i am using GRUB as my bootloader(hoping tat will work).... after working for few months i will select the OS which is better among others and delete the rest OS....
wat do u think guys... is this a good idea... wat is ur suggestion???? plz reply fast
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me too deca-booted after i got my new 250GB HDD 6 months back
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me too deca-booted after i got my new 250GB HDD
which all did u install and finally which one u opted.... i would like to know
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U guys got a lotta time to fiddle around with distros. Instead of trying all linuxes, try PC-BSD,freebsd etc.
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Shocked 8 times
The last Shock is seperated coz u wanna install Knoppix, a rather rare venture.
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comeon guys stop making fun... and tell me wat should i do is it a good idea... i mean will it work or not
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Would u run each of 'em??

Trust me, you will regret...
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Would u run each of 'em??

Trust me, you will regret...
if i am installing obviously i will run them.... will keep for few months and after testin i will delete.. simple
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why not try one at a time.. keep it simple.
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I don't think it to be a prudent thing to do... Almost all of them have a live CD/DVD option. So, instead of actual installation, just get the feel of each of them by running them in Live mode.

That will ease the hassle. Trust me, an octa boot ain't a good idea..
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After u test all the os`es plz do let us know what u found out. Atleast i will wait to hear from u.
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After u test all the os`es plz do let us know what u found out. Atleast i will wait to hear from u.
it would take months
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use live cd instead of installing ... makes more sense
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Nope. If you are a good learner and observer, getting the hang of 1 distro won't take you more than a week. So, will prolly take you 2 months to try them out completely...

As I said, don't be illogical, go the LIVE CD/DVD way.......
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... and tell me wat should i do is it a good idea
You should not do it, it is not a good idea
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Better try each OS in Live CD or Virtual PC using VMWARE rather than messing up your harddrive
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Yes, try on vmware or virtualbox!
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Even I recommend using Virtualisation, so if anything goes wrong you only have to recover 1 OS only
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which all did u install and finally which one u opted.... i would like to know
well actually i tried different versions of same distro to notice how much they had changes , like i installed Fedora from Core 3 upto 6 , then i installed Ubuntu from 5.04 upto 6.10 , also i tried FreeBSD , SCO Openserver , SCO Unixware n many others . if u want i'll type the whole list

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U guys got a lotta time to fiddle around with distros. Instead of trying all linuxes, try PC-BSD,freebsd etc.
actually i meant to say Other Operating Systems except windows

though my HDD is stock full now(200 GB used , thou i'll be backin all that up to dvd's) so i use VMWare now , which is much better n easier . also i mainly learn the command line so even with my pesky 384 MB ram VMWare runs superbly smooth .

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Even I recommend using Virtualisation, so if anything goes wrong you only have to recover 1 OS only
nah man even if everything goes wrong inside VMWare nothin will happen to your host OS
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well actually i tried different versions of same distro to notice how much they had changes , like i installed Fedora from Core 3 upto 6 , then i installed Ubuntu from 5.04 upto 6.10 , also i tried FreeBSD , SCO Openserver , SCO Unixware n many others . if u want i'll type the whole list
buddy plz type the whole list i am damn interested... reply fast i am waiting.... plz plz plz

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Better try each OS in Live CD or Virtual PC using VMWARE rather than messing up your harddrive
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Even I recommend using Virtualisation, so if anything goes wrong you only have to recover 1 OS only
can u guys put some light on VMWARE OR Virtual PC... i hav no idea wat it is ???
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^^ You can either download VMWare server from http://www.vmware.com or download VirtualBox (recommended over VMWare) from http://www.virtualbox.org

Im sure you will figure out everything yourself
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Microsift Virtual PC 2007 is freeware and its given with Digit in either the April or may Discs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_virtual_PC

If you want a Linux based virtualisation solution, try QEMU.
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No offense, but Virtual PC is just crap.. VMWare and Virtualbox are MUCH better IMHO, and they are free too..
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No offense, but Virtual PC is just crap.. VMWare and Virtualbox are MUCH better IMHO, and they are free too..
same here , while running Virtual PC i get >50% avg usage whereas while running VMware , CPU usage hardly goes over 10% .

@vish786 , mate u can download a copy of vmware from http://www.vmware.com , then install it , then u just run it , go to file->new n then create a new virtual pc now u can install ny OS in it

also this will help http://www.virtual-strategy.com/article/view/1624/
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Nope. If you are a good learner and observer, getting the hang of 1 distro won't take you more than a week. So, will prolly take you 2 months to try them out completely...

As I said, don't be illogical, go the LIVE CD/DVD way.......
first thing is live cds or dvds will not hav all the softwares,

secondly if i install on hdd it will b better becoz i can change settings to watever i want, which is not possible if i run live cd/dvd

thirdly live cd may sometimes boot without any problems but if i want to install tat OS then their might be some errors...

fourthly if i use a live cd to run lot of software at a time the system might hang or slow down and applications will take more time to open, but if i install on hdd everything would run faster

fifthly i can install additional softwares and see which OS supports most of the other applications without any problems

sixthly i can learn more things after installing linux on hdd then on live cd/dvd....

seventhly i dont remeber all the things as soon i remember i will post it

tat is why i am installing on hdd rather than using live cd... i am already using live knoppix dvd...

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same here , while running Virtual PC i get >50% avg usage whereas while running VMware , CPU usage hardly goes over 10% .

@vish786 , mate u can download a copy of vmware from http://www.vmware.com , then install it , then u just run it , go to file->new n then create a new virtual pc now u can install ny OS in it

also this will help http://www.virtual-strategy.com/article/view/1624/
u hav told earlier u had installed many OS so which OS did u finally select in the end....
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u hav told earlier u had installed many OS so which OS did u finally select in the end....
currently toh i hv Only XP n Mac OS X installed on my system , though i regularly check out the latest OS releases . well i would suggest u KUbuntu 7.04 if u want a free , good looking n stable linux system .

also , there's no best operating system , it all depends on what u wanna do n that will decide which operating system you would use .
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same here , while running Virtual PC i get >50% avg usage whereas while running VMware , CPU usage hardly goes over 10% .

@vish786 , mate u can download a copy of vmware from http://www.vmware.com , then install it , then u just run it , go to file->new n then create a new virtual pc now u can install ny OS in it

also this will help http://www.virtual-strategy.com/article/view/1624/
various version of VMWARE r available like vmware player, and vmware server, etc which one should i download dude

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As already suggested, get VMWare Server.. Its free..
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