Should I choose Linux

Easy. Just delete the linux partition via Windows if you want rid, then boot onto a Windows XP/Vista/7 install CD, go into Recovery Mode, then run "fixboot" and "fixmbr". Then re-add the recently deleted space from the Linux partition back to your Windows partition.
 
I suppose the othe problem I would have is that my comp is connected to a HDTV which unfortunately doesnt detect boot signal but auto detects from the win logo which means am gna struggle seeing the dual boot selection. Might have to use an old monitor for this trial period. Before I take the jump and go through all this can someone briefly explain the benefit of Linux over WIN7. Real world benefits I will see and what am I to expect?
 
No. You either want to give it a try and are excited about the possibilities, or as you sound like, you are reluctant to even give it a fair shot.

You cannot, cannot compare Linux to Windows. Each has their own pro's and con's, and if you try and simply "do everything you did on Windows in Linux" you will fall down. See what new things you can do in Linux you never dreamt of in Windows.
 
I recently tried to change over to linux. I chose ubuntu as my first ever linux OS and everyting went very smoothly, with no problems at all. Its a pleasure to use in every way but I had one major problem that made me revert back to windows.
The Mrs :(. She likes to play flash based games like farmville ect. and the flash performance was really poor compared to windows, the games are really laggy and unplayable. So after getting moaned at for a while and finding no solution i had to revert back.
 
heezay said:
Before I take the jump and go through all this can someone briefly explain the benefit of Linux over WIN7. Real world benefits I will see and what am I to expect?
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heezay, with all due respect, reading this, and your other posts in this thread, suggests that you're not the kind of person who likes to spend much time googling and working things out for yourself (I don't mean that in a pejorative sense, different strokes for different folks and all that). In that case, you really might be best off just sticking to what you know. At the end of the day, any OS is nothing more than a means to an end, and if Windows does what you want - in particular, running the applications you want/need to use - there won't be much point in switching to Linux purely for the sake of "running Linux".

Most modern Linux distros work well out of the box, but they're *not* Windows, and unless you want to stick to fairly basic Internet/office usage there *will* be times when you'll have to do some research. There's heaps of information out there, and most Linux communities are friendly and supportive, but obviously you might get a tetchy response (or none at all) if you ask a question that's already been asked and answered a thousand times before.

If you want to just check Linux out and mess around with it, and you're not comfortable with a dual-boot system, you could install VirtualBox or VMware Player (both free), and try out a few distros in virtual machines - I'd suggest VirtualBox, which supports snapshots, so if you break something terminally you can simply revert to the previous snapshot without having to reinstall all over again. Do be aware though that you won't have quite the same experience in terms of performance and fancy visuals that you'd get with a native hardware installation.

Something else to think about, anyway. :)
 
Agree. I dont think Linux is something you want, you just want something that is Windows, but not Windows.

I can simplify a linux experience for you:

I work and relax on Linux. Everything that would be required in a business or social environment, I can do on my linux laptop. Printing, Wireless, Video Encoding, Streaming to Airtunes, Syncing my iPod, watching movies, torrenting, Usenet, word processing/spreadsheets/databases all compatible with MS, music editing blah blah blah.

To install my netbook with Linux, I downloaded the IMG file, plonked it on a USB drive, plugged it in and pressed install. Within 15 minutes, everything worked. Everything. Wireless, Suspend functions, wireless printing over networks, graphics drivers, sound drivers, everything. No downloading from websites, no installing drivers from CDs, it just worked.

What can i not do on Linux?

Play the latest games.

Worth it to you? Obviously your experience will differ depending on which Linux distribution you choose, but there are those that have been mentioned many times already that are very easy. Ubuntu, Mint, OpenSuse, Fedora etc.

And again, something that has been mentioned many times: Just download the LiveCD. Burn it. Put it in your drive, and boot your PC into a Linux distro. Dont like it? Take it out, throw it away, never look at it again. No installing, no uninstalling, just 15 minutes of your time to give it a go.
 
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I agree which I am going to give it a try right now with the Live CD, as with everything in life, you never know what you are missing out until youve tried it. Ive seen some fancy things done on linux which Id love to have, but at the same time dont want it at the expense of an overall headache of getting other things to work. Main aim being something that is refined and a quick OS.

Trying it now so lets see what we find.

Cheers guys
 
FYI: last attempt I left it running for about 15 mins and was stuck on a black screen with the cursor in the middle?? No response?
 
Ok now its been an hour and a half later and still no luck with even seeing what it looks like

USB not even working, this program doesnt even recognise any devices nor does it have a write option, only thing it has is a "Select" on top box and "Copy" in the bottom box. Bottom box doesnt allow to select anything and the program looks nothing like the PNG they got on website???

SUSE Studio ImageWriter for Microsoft Windows

Lol I thought it was going to be a simple matter of loading a cd and off we go with a preview.
 
I take it that you have selected your Optical drive as your first boot device in Bios?

I always burn the iso to disc at the slowest speed ( in my case X2) it avoids errors.

Don't give up. If possible send a message to my trust ( click the trust button in the bottom right of this message box) and I will send you a copy of Ubuntu 10.4 Desktop that I used only yesterday. It's a Live CD so you can try or install :)
 
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I take it that you have selected your Optical drive as your first boot device in Bios?

I always burn the iso to disc at the slowest speed ( in my case X2) it avoids errors.

Don't give up. If possible send a message to my trust ( click the trust button in the bottom right of this message box) and I will send you a copy of Ubuntu 10.4 Desktop that I used only yesterday. It's a Live CD so you can try or install :)
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How does this trust thing work? As its coming up with the need of me filling in stuff.
 
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Like for example video converters, mp3 converters, cubase and properllerhead and sometimes html desiging programs, microsoft office etc to name a few
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Cubase - try via WINE, supposed to work but dongle issues
Propellerhead, I assume you mean Reason? - again try WINE
Office is by Microsoft do you really expect that to work under Linux??? OpenOffice is a viable alternative
HTML editors, there are loads, but if it's Dreamweaver or similiar again WINE.

WINE is a sort of windows emulator if you need to know. I run Ubuntu as a server, much quicker and better than when the box was XP, but it's still gui as it gets used by missus and son. Flash sucks (64-bit) but everything else is fine
 
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