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linux users and computer geeks help please?
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Any Linux install should work just fine with Win7. If they don’t there’s something wrong with them.
There’s also a poorly written but apparently accurate article here about a dumb guy who figured out how to repair his broken dual-boot configuration:
http://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/200911/page06.html
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What you really need is a windows installer unfortunately at present PCLinuxOS does not offer this feature
I thoroughly recommend Linux Mint 9 Main Edition which is built upon Ubuntu 10.04 Its easy to install and easy to use plus it comes with much of the software you are likely to need preinstalled
Install Linux Mint as a dual-boot with Windows using mint4win without partitioning (mint4win works the same as Wubi as described below)
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/wubi
You keep Windows as it is, mint4win only adds an extra option to boot into Linux Mint. mint4win does not require you to modify the partitions of your PC, or to use a different bootloader, and does not install special drivers. It works just like any other application.
mint4win keeps most of the files in one folder, and if you do not like it, you can simply uninstall it as any other application.
Boot in to windows insert the Linux Mint LiveCD and you will offered the option of installing inside windows which is where the mint4win installer comes in, you will be asked how many gigabytes you wish to allocate to Linux Mint (I recommend 8gb) then you set a password for your installation then click install and thats it.
Once Linux Mint is fully installed upon starting your PC you will be given a choice of which operating system you want to use Windows or Linux Mint
Linux Mint 9 Download
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=52
Linux Mint 9 User Guide Download pdf.
http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_isadora.php
Linux Mint 9 can also be run straight from the LiveCD without touching your Hard drive
LUg.
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Win 7??? I do not know.
But I currently dual boot XP and Linux Mint 9, and it works fine. Before than I dual booted with XP and Ubuntu 9.10.
I need windows for just 1 application- other than that I use Linus Mint. If not for this 1 application, i would have no need for Windows.
I tried Virtualbox and Wine, dual boot is the only way I was able to be satisfied with both systems.
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Dual booting is so 2008.
Recommend:
Download VMWare server or player, install that on Windows, and run PCLOS as a virtual machine.
But you can indeed dual boot a 7 box with Linux. I have one right here in fact. It’s 7 and Mint 9, and Mint gets along with 7 but 7 doesn;t like mint. My Linux partition can read my windows stuff fine, but not the other way around.. The computer works just great under either OS though..
Still I’d recommend VMing your Linux.
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