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# Help with Linux!!!
Ive got XP (Woo-Yay(not)) And wanna have linux for the GIMP etc. I have two physical HDDs. Should i install Linux to my slave drive? What about boot managers?

Any links to give me help or else email me!

Thx
5.0
(The Mysterious 5.0, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:37, archived)
# Gimps? Slaves? Boots?
you've got the wrong site mate - we don't deal with that stuff here. And if we do we keep it private.
(I helped save b3ta! adverse_camber, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:40, archived)
# Yay Linux!
Though to be honest... if you don't know much about Linux, GIMP is available for Windaze.
I can't remember where from, and I just woke up so I'm not likely to remember for a while... but it is available for Windaze as I'm using it on Windaze as the optical mouse is on Windaze and the mouse on the SuSe box is kinda crappy.
Other than that though, if you want to install Linux now you know GIMP is available for Windaze, respond to this saying you do and give me the size of your HDDs and RAM.

(Nocturnia, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:40, archived)
# it's
'windows', it can't be all that bad if you still use it
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:42, archived)
# Gah!
I only use it because the optical mouse is on my housemate's windaze machine.

And yes, that IS the only reason.
(Nocturnia, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:50, archived)
# Windaze?
Are you from Glasgow too?
(I helped save b3ta! izb posting occasional messages since 2001, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:42, archived)
# Love to...
Main reason is for my CompSci degree...fed up with sh*tty Java interface in Windows...

AMD 1700XP, 40GB 7200rpm IBM and 20Gb slave 256mb ram. Check my profile for my email so we dont clog up the board! Cheers
(The Mysterious 5.0, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:44, archived)
# Computer Science degree
and still can't stop himself posting twice.
Dear oh dear ;)
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:46, archived)
# ?
Where? ;) no one saw that, right?
(The Mysterious 5.0, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:48, archived)
# must have been my mistake
;)
(I helped save b3ta! mnb098mnb used to be here, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 10:52, archived)
# well
i just installed mandrake 9 on a seperate partition to my windows xp last week - and its very nice and sets up a boot manager automatically if it finds a windows system anywhere. youre better off making a 5 or so gig partition for it, so if things go wrong you dont lose all your data (and where linux is involved its easy for things to go wrong!)

saying that i've only booted the linux install twice - it can't handle multiple monitors at all, bit pants hardware wise really..
(I helped save b3ta! djdirect, Mon 7 Oct 2002, 11:16, archived)