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This has got to be my favorite forum i have ever been to. Everyone seems so nice, its not full of a bunch of pricks. Everyone is nice friendly and helpful, i love it!
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Actually Gzip doesnt store the pages, it just compresses them up before it sends the data to your browser and then your browser decompresses it. It saves bandwith, and it doesnt speed it up, it actually slows it by a second.
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if you dont want to sign up just so they can tell you that...
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A... 2gib HDD for a page disk? Wouldn't this be slower than putting it on the main disk?
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Well.... idk... i jsut figure that the main disk will be busy getting all the game data, and the page file disk will be busy doing its page file stuff.
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That sounds like a good plan.
I would reccomend the following: make about 3gbs for you pagefile, 10 gbs fat32, and leave the rest unallocated. When you goto install linux it will give you the option to install linux in unalocated space.
The fat32 partition can be shared between linux and windows, with full write access from linux or winodws. Any files you create in linux can be shared with winodws.
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That sounds super cool, i will use that 10gb for music then
and the rest for w/e.I can use Partition magic to format, and partition the drive right?
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Well currently i have my 80gb HD with windows (im a big gamer and dont like to clutter my HD too much) and a 2gb HD for page file. I could take ut the 2gb one and put in the 20gb one, take 5gb of it and partion it for windows and turn some into page file and other into... storage.. for stuff... and the other 15gb shoud be enough to get my feet wet in linux.
Sound like a plan?
As for Distro, i think im gonna go with Ubuntu, it sounds good, and since a lot of you guys use it, i can come here and bother you with hundreds of questions
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Ok i know there is a lot of topics on this.... but im gonna post a new thread anyways.
The good news, i read the other ones
Ok so i know i want to physically install it, not one of the CD boots, i have an extra 20gb harddrive. I could either:
A) put it in my good computer 2.8ghz 1gb ram, but i would then have 3 HDs in there.. and if i put the third one in there then my DVD drive stops working.... I do belive there is a way around this, just don't know how.
Use my old 900mhz AMD ~300mb ramI would prefere A if that is at all possible. Just for ease of use.
I know almost nothing about linux, but i've read a bit and am interested. And im bored to death as it is, so what the heck.
I have above average computer skills, and am a semi quick learner.
Now I went and did this linux distro quiz here
And they reccomend as my perfect matches the following:
Debian ( http://www.debian.org/ )
Debian GNU/Linux is a particular distribution of the Linux operating system, and numerous packages that run on it. Debian includes more than 8250 software packages at present. Users can select which packages to install; Debian provides a tool for this purpose. You can find a list and descriptions of the packages currently available in Debian at any of the Debian mirror sites.
Ubuntu ( http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ )
Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. Ubuntu includes more than 1,000 pieces of software, starting with the Linux kernel version 2.6 and Gnome 2.10, and covering every standard desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to internet access applications, web server software, email software, programming languages and tools and of course several games.
Kubuntu ( http://www.kubuntu.org/ )
Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. Ubuntu includes more than 1,000 pieces of software, starting with the Linux kernel version 2.6 and Gnome 2.10, and covering every standard desktop application from word processing and spreadsheet applications to internet access applications, web server software, email software, programming languages and tools and of course several games.
Mandriva ( http://www.mandrivalinux.org/ )
Mandriva Linux, formerly known as Mandrake Linux, is a friendly Linux Operating System which specializes in ease-of-use for both servers and the home/office. It is freely available in many languages throughout the world.
MEPIS ( http://www.mepis.org/ )
MEPIS Linux is a desktop Linux system that is also easy to configure as a dedicated server. It is designed for both personal and business purposes. It includes cutting-edge features such as a live/installation/recovery CD, automatic hardware configuration, NTFS partition resizing, ACPI power management, WiFi support, anti-aliased TrueType fonts, a personal firewall, KDE, and much more.
Fedora ( http://fedora.redhat.com/ )
The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software.
I have heard a lot about Mandriva (Mandrake), and was thinking of using that one. But then Debian has 8000 software titles.... What would you guys reccomend. Mandrake seems to be the most popular one.
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OK im downloading Ubuntu now. Tommorow evening i will take the leap. Is there anything i should know after its installed? Do i need to do anything? Is there a webbrowser so i can use the net and download stuff i need? or should i dl one now?
Any security updates or anything like that? What spyware stuff do i need to protect myself? Or don't i need any at all?