IEatHardDrives Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 Im going to be building a new system and dual boot linux im getting a 120 GB drive for windows and a 40 GB drive for linux is a 40 GB drive enough space? and what is the best flavor of linux for a noob? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quickbasicguru Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 I wish I had a 40 GiB partition, I only have a 30 GiB hard drive, and a 6 GiB GNU/Linux partition.Ubuntu is a distro that many people recommend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 I run SuSe on a 10 g hd and have Iccaros on a 3.2g hdPersonally I think that the best thing to do is try several different live linux isos. They are all easy to download and burn to cd. Decide which one suits you best as far as hardware detection and ease of use. Some of the live linux out there includeKnoppixIccarosUbuntuSlaxBest thing is just to play around with them and see which one feels most comfortable to youThere are plenty of good linux people here to help you if you need it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted August 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Im going to just get a 80 GB drive and install 4 or 5 diffrent linux flavors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IEatHardDrives Posted August 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Can you play any games on linux? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 I personally Like Ubuntu Linux a lot. Granted, it is the only install distro ive used, it works quite nicely. yes 40gigs should be enough, i;m assuming you are still going to keep Windows as your primary OS, since your giving it the bigger HD. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheLetterK Posted August 18, 2005 Report Share Posted August 18, 2005 Can you play any games on linux?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>UT2004, RTCW, Quake 3, NWN, and a few others run natively. Many more will work if using Cedega. If gaming is a concern, dual-boot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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