Mainter Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 OS: Windows XP Home SP2Processor: Intel 4 CPU 2.80GHz L2 Cache: 512 KBMemory: 1024 MBVideo Card: Intel 82865G Graphics ControllerI am running Windows XP Pro/Server 2003/ and Beta Testing Vista all in Virtual PCI got a CD from a friend its NLD V9 he said it had Linux Ghnome and KDE on it i am wondering if this is a good starter to learn Linux Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iccaros Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 OS: Windows XP Home SP2Processor: Intel 4 CPU 2.80GHz L2 Cache: 512 KBMemory: 1024 MBVideo Card: Intel 82865G Graphics ControllerI am running Windows XP Pro/Server 2003/ and Beta Testing Vista all in Virtual PCI got a CD from a friend its NLD V9 he said it had Linux Ghnome and KDE on it i am wondering if this is a good starter to learn Linuxah... sureI always suggest people built it first.. but it depends on your meaning of the word learn,learn how to use apps (not really linux) any distrobution..learn how Novel does linux (SUSE or what you have)learn how linux works form boot to operation (gentoo, linux from scratch, slackware)linux does not run well in virtual PC (its not a real virtual IMHO, no 100% bios emulation)vmware player (free) or vmwre esx (nwo free) will do a better job if you are going to try from a VM.also play with BSD and see the simularitys and diffrences between it and Linux.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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