I was thinking about installing ubuntu on my desktop. I have a few concerns. 1.I already have Xp installed, if I don’t like ubuntu is there an easy way to get back to xp?
2. Will my games run correctly on ubuntu?
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Download it and burn it to a cd, you can run Ubuntu LIVE.
Meaning it will not install but you can run it from your cd and not your harddrive.
Also you can get a free copy of Ubuntu at there website or you can download the latest version yourself.
Goodluck
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If you’re not sure if you’d like to keep Ubuntu, then it’s best to dual boot Win XP & Ubuntu. To do this you need to create a partition for Ubuntu, Ubuntu makes this easy as the live cd comes with a partition editor, which is accessible from the live desktop. With the partition editor you can resize your Windows partition & create a ext3 partition for Ubuntu. Once this is done you can start the install, make sure you direct Ubuntu to install itself in the correct (new) partition.
Now you can use Ubuntu & Windows.
With Ubuntu you can run many Windows compatible applications (including many games) using a program called Wine. I’ve found that any program that I would use with Windows has many similar programs (quite often better) available for Linux in the repositories for Ubuntu. The great thing with Linux is it’s all open source so you can keep trying out software until you find the one that works best for you, instead of paying a lot of money for Windows compatible software that may or may not do the job, and is not quite suited for you (for one reason or another) although you could pay more money & try another program that also may or may not be compatible with your needs or comfort level.
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