RE: [OT]: Spot poll: pre-win95 and pre-pentium
On 3 Feb 2004, at 18:36, Philip Deets wrote:
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> I Mullins wrote:
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> > Philip Deets wrote:
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> > > 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.
Yeas, $30 - $50 for an OS that works beats $100+ for winblow$ any day.
> Besides, I know in the earlier versions of Windows, there were lots of
> crashes.
<cough> i usually go 2 to 3 weeks tween reboots with win95b, and i pick the
time and day for them. Maybe you were not configured properly.
> 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.
Hey Travis, are you still here?
Kat
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