No, that is a browser. Linux is an operating system.
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Hmm....I might install Linux and dual boot it on my laptop but I think it will slow my laptop down.
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Hmm....I might install Linux and dual boot it on my laptop but I think it will slow my laptop down.
well one of the great things about linux is that most distros have live cd's which will allow you to boot into the os without having install it, so it lets you test drive it. just download the iso for a distro (i reccomend ubuntu) and burn it to a cd then boot into the cd from your laptop.
in my experience Linux is very fast and probably wont slow you down... but that's just based on my experience however...
I installed ubuntu on my desktop and dual boot with xp. I also use puppy linux which is a really cool lightweight distribution that's around 100MB in size.
Ubuntu is great but you have to keep in mind it's way different than Windows. It might feel the same on the surface at first but it's quite different underneath. There are some things better about Windows and some Linux. The software repository system in Ubuntu is amazing and driver support is better than Windows in a lot of ways. Still to get the most out of it you need to learn a lot and although it's usually more stable it can be easier to break if you mess with something you shouldn't have. Thankfully there is a large community and a lot of help you can find online.
very well put Jebby, I tried to dual boot my windows 7 netbook with a linux distribution but made a wrong click and the stupid grub loader would no longer recognize my windows 7 install so I had to reformat my netbook to avoid headaches. I was very impressed with linux though alot nicer than I was expecting, I plan on running it off of a flash drive until I learn more about it.
Linux user here. I’ve been using Ubuntu since 2005, and never looked back. My GF is a teacher and she had so many problems with old school computers running win2K, that now the whole school is running Ubuntu too. The other teachers appreciate it a lot, as the computers do not host a ton of viruses as they used to do.
dual-boot is a NECESSITY if you own a netbook. There's absolutely no reason not to have access to linux (since it's free) on intentionally underpowered hardware. It turned my bottom-of-the-line Asus netbook into an unbelievably capable little comp.
Do listen to the warnings though--even with a Ubuntu or a similarly user-friendly build, there's still a lot of learning you'll need to do before you can effectively use it the same way you can a PC. Honestly, Ubuntu's like using Snow Leopard without the need to buy programs (everything's free). Also, if you have an old (Windows 98-era) PC, linux can breathe new life into it. I'm still able to use my Pentium 133 Dell Dimension from back before the Crusades started.
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I've used Ubuntu before. For those wanting the transition from Windows to be easier I suggest you check out Kubuntu. It is basically Ubuntu but with the K desktop which is more similar to Windows' desktop including the start button.
yes kde is pretty cool, but i recently found something awesome called Gnomenu which gives you a very custmizable menu(like start menu on windows) its theamble (theres themes for xp and vista preinstalled woth it) so Gnomenu is like a start menu for gnome. im not sure if its availble for kde but i heard kde and gnome apps are cross-compatible with eachother
dual-boot is a NECESSITY if you own a netbook. There's absolutely no reason not to have access to linux (since it's free) on intentionally underpowered hardware. It turned my bottom-of-the-line Asus netbook into an unbelievably capable little comp.
DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT USE A DISTRO LIKE UBUNTU ON A FLASH-MEMORY BASED NETBOOK.
The operating system on those is specially modified so it doesn't wear out the drive.
If you do have a netbook with a hard disk, no problem though. Just make sure to check before doing it. If you have more than 100GB it's almost certainly a regular hard disk.
Sorry about the warning, it's just that netbooks aren't cheap and you really don't want to ruin the flash memory as it's one of it's most expensive components.
I am very interested in Linux and tried it severel times out since 2001. Sadly, there are currently no working drivers for my W-LAN and my printer/scanner/fax combo unit. So I kind of have (but still like) to use Windows XP.
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