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« on: August 28, 2009, 02:08:24 PM »
hello again folks
since i really am a new and totally clueless i need tons of help.the more reading i do the more i see people talking about linux for an os and have both on the samr machine.can you tell me the why,how and what i would do with this set up?
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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2009, 02:42:38 PM »
Google is your best friend and Ubuntu is probably the best starter Linux distro.   Here you go:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
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« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2009, 04:15:45 PM »
Google Fu is the begining of net wisdom.
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« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2009, 04:00:49 PM »
If someone is fine with Windows or whatever else operating system, I wouldn't switch just because other say so. However, it certainly won't hurt if one try out something different. In this matter one might take a look at VMWare or similar software.
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« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2009, 04:58:53 PM »
Vitual machines are your friend if you want to check out a new OS. VMWare has a free  program called VMWare Server that you can use for trying out a new OS. It's free and easy to use. I have about five different OSes that I play with on top of my host. The nice thing about it, is that it also gives me a "Lab" to play in.
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« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2009, 08:20:54 PM »
thanks for the input,hopefully i won't destroy my disk when i attempt to partition and dual boot
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« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2009, 09:04:15 PM »
Kevin,

With all the free virtualization software out there, I don't think there is really much reason to dual boot anymore.

Just my 2cents.
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« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2009, 09:38:59 PM »
You could also download Backtrack and boot from that cd.  This is an alternative way from VMWare.  Just trying to give you other ways of doing this.
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