Has anyone used Linux XP as an Operating System?  If so, is it as good as Microsoft XP?
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I guess you mean http://www.linux-online.ru/desktop/ right ?\n\nIF you are new to this  and want TO BUY (not necessary because most distributions can be downloaded legally for free from the vendor site) a distribution for desktop\n\nI suggest you look at SUSE \nhttp://www.suse.com\n\nor Mandriva\n\nwww.mandriva.com
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Linux is, by far.\nApple is better for multimedia.\nWindoze is great for crashing, hanging, having a senseless file manager, etc...\nWindoze just plain blows.\n\nI ditched XP about two years ago and started using Slackware Linux. There is no comparison.\n\nLinux is also free, and applications for Linux are free. Check out http://www.distrowatch.org and http://www.sourceforge.net
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It is possible to run Windows applications on Linux, either with the free Wine ( http://www.winehq.org ) or the commercial, supported CrossOver Office ( http://www.codeweavers.com/ ).\n\nI'd recommend only doing this as a temporary measure, until suitable replacements can be found.
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You can definitely have Linux and Windows Xp as dual boot on ur system. I have 2 linux distros and Windows Xp on my 40GB harddisk. 250 GB is a very high amt of hard disk space.. You can have anything you want installed on it..\n\nBefore going for dual boot, you need to know how to patition the disk for linux installation, and on what steps you should take before doing it..(as you say you are a newbie to linux).. Refer http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/install-guide/ch-x86-dualboot.html\n\nWhile partitioning, dont allow it to do autopartition, as it would eat up all the free space u have.. Choose "Manual Partition with diskdruid" option and partition it as follows..\n\nYou may assign some 10GB for linux, where the partitioning may be as follows:\n\nMount Point   -----          Size\n------------------------------\n/        ------         5GB\n/home    ------         5GB\n/boot    ------         100MB\nSWAP     ------  3 x RAM_SIZE if ur RAM is less than 512MB if RAM is >512 MB, have ur SWAP as 750MB (This is my personal opinion after a lot of performance testing and optimization)\n\nYou can mount your FAT or NTFS format drives(windows drives) with linux.. so, u dont neeed to assign much extra space to linux, as ext3(linux format) drives cant be seen from windows. You can instead use the mounted windows drives itself for data storage on linux also. This way you can have the maximum amount of hard disk usable on both OSes.\n\nTo start with, Mandriva or Fedora should be good options, as regards to distro.\n\nHope this helps you in installing a dual boot system succesfully.\n\n(PS: Remember that installing Windows XP first and then installing linux is the easiest way, as linux would detect windows and boot it, whereas windows wont detect linux. Though there are other ways to recover linux partition if u install linux before installing windows, its not the recommended way for a newbie)
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Wow.. i would NOT put windows XP on that machine.  Your best choice i think would be a stripped down install of linux or Win98 SE at the most Win2k.\n\nIf you want to upgrade the system. The first step would be to get the ram up to at the very least 256MB and the hard drive up to about 10GB.  This will give you enough install flexability for whatever OS you end up choosing.
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No.Linux is not as user- friendly as windows.
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Most computer users use the Windows operating system. But in today’s scenario where open source software has started playing a major role in bringing out Linux based distributions, many experienced computer users are either moving to Linux or would like the option.\n\nFor years, Linux supporters have touted the open-source operating system as a less-expensive, more reliable alternative to Unix and Windows running on x86 based, or industry-standard servers.\n\nA thorough change is taking place, resulting in more and more usage of Open source software.  Most importantly, this beneficial change is happening in significant numbers through out the world.\n\nWHY SWITCH OVER? \n\nThe switch over is mainly because of the following two reasons:\nCost savings\nFreedom from licensing dominance\n\nDue to these reasons, more and more companies today are migrating to Linux from other Operating Systems than ever before.\n\nPROS:\nLinux Is Free\nLinux Is Portable To Any Hardware Platform\nLinux Was Made To Keep On Running\nLinux Is Scalable\n\nMAJOR DIFFERENCES:\n\nLinux: Linux is free\nWindows: MS Windows costs money\n\nLinux: In this case people are unlikely to violate any License agreement, all the software is happily yours\nWindows: In this case people likely already violate all kinds of licenses\n\nLinux: Linux is built for more sophisticated, feature hungry computer users\nWindows: MS Windows tries to be the "lowest-common-denominator" operating system\n\nLinux: Linux is based on UNIX \nWindows: Windows is based on DOS\n\nLinux: Linux GUI is based on industry-standard X Windows\nWindows: Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) is based on Microsoft-own specifications\n\nLinux: Linux beats Windows hands down on network features, and as a development platform\nWindows: MS Windows desktop has a more polished appearance
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you "will" get divided opinions, on this one, personally, I`ll stay with xp for now.\ngood luck with this question.
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First of all ICS or a proxy service are the way to go.\nXP is a bit limited with other choices. If you already\nhad ICS set up for the XP partition the same settings\nwill work for the fedora one. \n\nFor the other part. No. Linux has nothing to do with it.\nThe ICS configuration ist just settings within the XP\npartition. Linux can't change that. You have recently\ninstalled a firewall or made some firewall rule changes\non either of the crates?
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Most flavours have "live disc" available which allow you to run and experiment without having to install (ie, booting from disc). Have a play with a few and see which suits you best. The only 'nix version I ever really liked was SUSE, but have had to stick with Windows in the end - couldn't do my job on Linux ...too many software limitations
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See, the problem here is that Windows XP has a capable boot loader, and Windows 98 does not. You could always install a 3rd party boot loader like V-Com System Commander or LILO or GRUB which are both Free Open Source Bootloaders that would work for any operating system, not just linux. Worst case scenario, go ahead and install Win98, then re-install windows XP. You DO have the install disc yes?
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Linux is a very nice operating system.  It's used extensively by businesses as well as hobbyists, both of which also contribute to development.  Windows works best for most people because we are stuck with it, but Linux is like saying "if you could give up compatibility in order to design an operating system the right way, what would you make..."  In many ways, it's a computer programmer's "dream" system.\n\nTrue, Linux is less compatible than Windows, but it gets more popular every day, and nowadays you can do stuff with it that you could never do when I started using it.  It works on more different kinds of computer than Windows does, and it can even run some Windows apps natively (all Windows apps work if you use a virtual machine, but they run slowly).\n\nThink of Linux as a custom, designer system.  It's made by people who are picky and have a lot of preference when it comes to systems.  If your needs are like theirs, it will be right for you.  If not, then it isn't right for you.\n\nAlso, one last important detail is that Linux is Free software.  I don't mean to say that you can get it without paying (you can pay people to get it, but that's not required to have it), but actually Linux is software that respects your freedom to use the software for your own needs as well as to adapt it to whatever use you want--there are no legal sanctions against you.  Software like Windows is licensed with heavy restrictions on how you are allowed to use it.  Most people think this is no big deal, but thousands of people are breaking the law by violating a license they don't even know about!\n\nIf you are interested in the politics of Free software, I encourage you to read up on it.  If you don't care about the big picture, take it or leave it for what it is.\n\nPS (I put Linux on my girlfriend's laptop, and she absolutely adores it.  She is no computer expert, and is also used to Windows, but she has no trouble using it, and is very pleased that her computer runs faster and is more reliable.  Just make sure your husband knows FOR SURE what he is doing and understands that Linux is really right for you.)
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VERY GOOD IDEA!  ME is crappy.  Just be sure not to forget Service Pack 2 on your new XP machine.  I would recommend you start with a clean install.  Good luck.
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I have seen "old" laptops TRY to run XP, it is not a pretty sight. If you have less than 128MB RAM and say a 700MHZ processor, I wouldn't recommend it. Besides, you would have to find all those drivers for XP ugh.
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Unless you are very good with Linux you should keep a NTFS partition with XP installed. You can always resize your partition later if you decide you don't need XP. Since you have a COA for XP and it would not hurt to have it on your drive for while.\nI would recommend...\n\nPartition 1 Linux 40Gb\nPartition 2 XP    20Gb\nPartition 3 Data  60Gb\n\nI have and like Digital Dolly 1.0. It is a freeware drive utility.
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I need a bit a explanation. which version of Linux are you using .
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I don't think it has to do with like, more like we don't have a choice!  Windows is a horried OS but we are stuck with it until Linux can come out with something that is a simple to use as windows.  As it is now most of us wouldn't know how to configure and operate it. Most of the programs we like aren't availible in Linux yet. But, there are alot of people buying an extra hard drive and putting linux on that to learn with. \n\nLinux is the better OS by far but windows is what we are stuck with right now.