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  1. Dec 30th, 2004, 07:36 PM #1
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    Windows or Lunix?

    Ive been wanting to run lunix for a long time but ive always been hesitant to drop windows. I was thinking about running Windows XP on one drive and some form of lunix on the other but my drives are mirrored. I guess i could partition them but i dont want to screw things up. I was thinking about trying lunix out on an old comp but i don't know what the system requirements would be for each implementation of lunix. The comp specs: pII 400Mhz, 9.48Gb hd, 320Mb ram. Could i run any of the following? Mandrake, SuSE, Redhat or MEPIS. Thanks.
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  2. Dec 31st, 2004, 01:50 AM #2
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    Re: Windows or Lunix?

    Knoppix requires no hard drive to run (memory resident).

    1) Download It
    2) Burn It
    3) Boot

    You can also install it to the a harddrive.

    System Requirements:
    # Intel-compatible CPU (i486 or later),
    # 16 MB of RAM for text mode, at least 96 MB for graphics mode with KDE (at least 128 MB of RAM is recommended to use the various office products),
    # bootable CD-ROM drive, or a boot floppy and standard CD-ROM (IDE/ATAPI or SCSI),
    # standard SVGA-compatible graphics card,
    # serial or PS/2 standard mouse or IMPS/2-compatible USB-mouse.
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  3. Dec 31st, 2004, 10:49 AM #3
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    Re: Windows or Lunix?

    Ill give it a try. Seems MEPIS also has the ability to boot into LiveCD mode. http://www.pclinuxonline.com/article.php?sid=7143
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  4. Dec 31st, 2004, 02:02 PM #4
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    Question Lunix?

    Lunix?
    Knoppix?
    Mepis?

    Where am I?
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    Re: Windows or Lunix?

    linux = not all it's cracked up to be
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    Re: Windows or Lunix?

    Quote Originally Posted by dis1411
    linux = not all it's cracked up to be
    This is very true. I dual boot windows and linux right now. At first I just wanted to see what people thought was so good about it, and I switched back to using windows not too long after.
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