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badkarma:
quote:Originally posted by <Martin>:
BadKarma, thanks for the info. It sounds like Linux is very doable. My follow up questions are concerning the installation of, for example, SuSe 7.3 on a computer system that is shipped to me with Windows XP. Will the Linux software just erase the XP and install Linux, or does it mix together or what. Should I order a computer and ask for the manufacturer to not install Windows at all, is this possible??
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When you install SuSE you get the choice (assuming a version of winblows exists on your hd) to either wipe the disk clean or shrink the windows partition to create room for SuSE. So you can run winblows and SuSE on the same machine. I don't know if you can get a computer from a manufacturer without an OS installed, but at a local shop which sells computer hardware and such this isn't much of a problem I think.
But the win xp disk makes a great coaster .... or frisbee.
<Martin>:
Thanks again for the clarification BadKarma. I see you are from Holland. I find that interesting for two reasons, the first is that I've been to the Netherlands and thought it was really cool. I was only there for a couple days in Amsterdam, but I liked what i saw. I don't just say this for the whole drug/sex thing. I thought the people were really cool and I just liked the place. Also, my last name is Boonstra, and I'm about 80% Dutch, so i have other reasons to be interested in the Netherlands. Thanks again
<VoidMain>:
quote:Originally posted by <Martin>:
BadKarma, thanks for the info. It sounds like Linux is very doable. My follow up questions are concerning the installation of, for example, SuSe 7.3 on a computer system that is shipped to me with Windows XP. Will the Linux software just erase the XP and install Linux, or does it mix together or what. Should I order a computer and ask for the manufacturer to not install Windows at all, is this possible??
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Please, please, please do not order a machine with Windows installed if you do not plan to use it. I make it a point to build my own machines so I don't have to pay the piper (even if a prebuilt machine with Win installed costs less). I just hate to contribute to the world domination of the evil empire. Of course it's getting damn hard to find a laptop without Linux preinstalled. I'm typing this from Linux on a Dell laptop but of course it originally came with Windows (bought it second hand). It really erks me that I cant buy a machine from one of the major vendors without paying Microsoft. http://www.penguincomputing.com has a
good lineup for desktops and servers if you want prebuilt. I've purchased a couple of their rack mount servers running Linux and I must say Linux really screams on them. I've also purchased a few of the VA-Linux servers which I also liked but unfortunately they're now out of the hardware business...
IHateMacsToo:
Hmmmm you want XP? get a warez copy.... they're completely safe and if you find a good version you don't need to register with ms or any of that stuff and if you think it's dangerous to have warez then ur a fool because I have been running on downloaded OSes since they came out with ME and put it on my new comp.....
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