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RE: [OT]: Spot poll: pre-win95 and pre-pentium

• Posted by Philip Deets <philip1987 at hotmail.com> Feb 03, 2004
• 506 views

I Mullins wrote:
> 
> 
> Philip Deets wrote:
> 
> > Now I'm starting to get curious about what Linux is really like.  Can I 
> > use Linux on the same computer as Windows XP?  If I do, will it make me 
> > choose which OS to load each time I boot?
> 
> Yes, you can dual boot XP and Linux with no problem. 
> You will have a menu to choose which to boot, but you can 
> set either one to be the default which will boot automatically 
> (after x seconds) if you fail to make a choice. 
> 
> Linux can see and use the Windows directories without any problem, 
> so you can move, edit, delete files, graphics, etc. (but not run Windows 
> 
> programs, usually. Some will run with wine.) 
> Windows will not be able to see or use the Linux directories
> (without some special software).
> 
> Regards,
> Irv
> 
Linux.org says I have to partition my drive to install Linux.  Also, if 
I want a nice installer, they said it costs 30-50 dollars.  I think I'll 
just stick with Windows.

Besides, I know in the earlier versions of Windows, there were lots of 
crashes.  I have only seen Windows XP crash once, and it recovered 
nicely when I rebooted and even allowed me to optionally send Microsoft 
an error report.  It does freeze occasionally, but it normally recovers 
if I push a hot key to start a program.

And also, I love the Windows GUI.  As for the statement about the 
Windows API, isn't .NET supposed to take care of that?  I haven't looked 
too far into .NET though, so I don't know if it actually does hide 
complexity like MS says it does.

But thanks for the info anyway,
Phil