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Skriven 2006-06-23 13:52:37 av Alan Hess
     Kommentar till en text av Stephen Haffly
Ärende: installing Linux with eCS
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Whilst masticating on <Jun 22 06>, Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
wrote to Alan Hess:

SH> Ubuntu is a pretty nice version.  Personally, I have Fedora Core 
SH> 5 installed, but have also loaded up Ubuntu upon occasion.

How much difference is there between versions?  Will they all run Linux apps,
or will I have to look for, say, the Ubuntu version of app X when I download
said app?

AH>> The rest of the drive (40 Gig) is unformatted at present.  Could 
AH>> I install the Linux to that free space?  If so, how would I go 
AH>> about it, and can I do it without messing up my eCS and Windows?  
AH>> Will Airboot find it?  Will booting the Linux CD write anything 
AH>> to my primary (eCS 1.2) partition, and, if so, can that affect eCS 1.2?

SH> Absolutely!  What you will want to do is install it to that 
SH> unformatted space.  When the version you install asks where you 
SH> want to install Lilo or Grub (the boot manager), do not choose the 
SH> MBR, but install the boot partition for Linux.  Usually, you will 
SH> have to look in something like "advanced options" to see this 
SH> choice.  Then, just add Linux to your Airboot choices and you 
SH> should be good.  Alternately, you could install Grub to your MBR 
SH> and use it as your boot manager and add eCS and Windows to its 
SH> boot menu.  On my laptop, I dual boot Fedora Core 5 and Windows XP 
SH> with Boot Magic by using the first method.

This sounds good.

SH> Ubuntu or Knoppix, which runs off of the CD and doesn't touch your 
SH> HDD.  Linux can also consume quite a few gigabytes of space if you 
SH> want to install every possible option and program.  The choices 
SH> are yours as to what to install. Again, you may want to do a bit 
SH> of research before you start so you have an idea of how to 
SH> proceed.  You could start here:
SH> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

I'll take a look there.

AH>> Thanks very much for any help.  *adh*

SH> You're welcome.  Be prepared for a rather steep learning curve 
SH> and for some shifts in the ways you are used to doing things.  One 
SH> thing I have found though.  Gnome is more similar to eCS's 
SH> Workplace Shell and KDE is more similar to the look and feel of 
SH> Windows.  I personaly like Gnome better than KDE, but you will 
SH> have to try both and decide which one works better for you.

Will both Gnome and KDE be installed to my drive, or will I be asked by the CD
to choose one?  *adh*

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