two operating systems e.g. windows and linux good or bad?
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linux lacks the basic third party support of windows and it isn't easy to use but it is free...\n\n\nwindows is a massive uncaring corporate piec of software crap with huge security issues and nothing is ever free with windows....i personally think mac is the way to go...
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There are plenty of OS's out there. Linux is just the most popular besides windows. For the average user though, there is no use in going outside linux/OsX/Windows.
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Linux is far easier to use in many respects(IMO). I truly believe you will get equal responses on this subject (1&#92;2 Linuux, 1/2 BSD)
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Yes there are, there are also some disadvantages.\n\nThe advantages are among others: It's much more secure and stable there are no viruses, worms or trojans at the moment that affect linux and even if they do get developed in the future it is much more dificult to mess up a linux machine, also Linux doesn't tend to crash, occasionally an application will crash but this doesn't stop the machine being used, no need to reboot.\n\nLinux is free if you don't want to pay for support, just download and use, also it comes with hundreds of free programmes, including  a couple of office suites, several very good graphics apps, several CD burning programmes, media players, loads of internet programmes, utilities etc, etc. There is a ot of excellent documentation on the web.\n\nsome of the disadvantages are:\nhardware support isn't as good as windows but most hardware will work fine, you can't play most of the windows games on it and certain aspects of Linux are harder to learn than windows but with a bit of time and effort this doesn't cause any problems.\n\nBy choice I use Linux only, there's nothing on Windows that I want to do that can't be done on Linux and thats a lot.
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As in the workstations can have different OSs? Yes.\nThe file server? No. \nYou could boot Linux and then a Windows shell on the server.
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If you are talking about Operating Systems, then my favorite would be Microsoft Windows Xp Pro with SP2. Very good operating system if you just leave it alone and don't install tons and tons of software... I do have an interest in Linux operating systems... but I am not very familiar with how they work. \n\nIf you are talking about software in general; additionaly, software that runs on Microsoft Windows, I would then have to say that I enjoy programs such as Adobe products and Microsoft Office with Front Page.
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Use Linux.  Microsoft XP SP2 is pretty stable and Vista may finally be a true stable OS.  I'm guessing you are not using any of the above, so remove the last piece of hardware you added or remove the last piece of software you added, or remove the last virus you added...(on accident of course).  One of those three are the likely problem.
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I have used Windows 98, ME & XP, I have also used Linux, Redhat, Mandrake, Knoppix and every release of Suse since 8.1.\nInitially I didn't like linux at all and removed it to go with XP. Up until I started dabbling with Linux I wasn't particularly computer savvy.\nSome of the reasons I strayed from Microsoft were:\nSecurity issues, constantly having to update security and pay because microsoft writes bad code or is slow to update it's security, (some time ago a security hole was found in the linux kernel and a similar hole in Windows, the linux hole was plugged in about an hour it took microsoft 6 months).\n\nPricing, if you want the full versions of all the microsoft programmes, OS, office suites etc it costs a hell of a lot of money. Linux is free or very cheap with a full range of software which is easy to install if it comes with the distro or distro specific, a bit more dificult if not but nothing insurmountable.\n\nLicencing is terrible with microsoft, they want to control everything you do or use even down to not accepting drivers that may make your hardware work, read their EULA.\n\nThere are a whole lot of other problems with windows which I won't bore you with, if something doesn't work you have vertually no chance of sorting it out, constant rebooting when you install software, if a programme crashes it stops the whole system, etc. etc.\n\nMost of the reason I didn't like linux at first was that it is different to windows and some of the hardware didn't work like I thought it should, but once I decided to persevere with it I ran a dual boot system with XP & Suse 8.2 and when suse 9.2 came out I installed it on my laptop & deleted microsoft, being dual boot on my desktop but I now never boot into windows at all. Linux does everything I want to do  and now I'm used to it I prefer the way it works to windows.\n\nIf you want to try Linux I would suggest suse 10, it will find all the onboard hardware you have, the only thing you may find is dificult is the winmodem, I bought a serial (not usb) modem (they're cheap) which works perfectly without using processor power, some makes of periferals don't work but all of the major manufacturers are supported it takes a minute to check which are but I have managed fine with all my stuff. One thing to remember is that linux works differently in some respects to windows but once you get used to it I have found it better, it is not difficult to use in fact in some respects it's easier than windows and definitely more controllable & secure (I don't use any anti virus software, only the default firewall). There are a lot of very helpfull people and web sites if you get into trouble they can get you out of pretty much any sort of linux problem.\n\nI have no intention to go back to using windows at all, mail me if you want to know more.
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Please make sure that you are not installing the two operating systems on the same partition.
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No, just download a bootloader, and you can choose whether to load linux or windows on startup, but they both exist together on the same hard drive
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Windows 2000 and Windows XP should be fine if you not intent to run heavy program like gaming. But recommand you upgrade your RAM to 512MB, it make your programs run smooth.
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One, your age doesn't matter.\n\nTwo, how do you know HD is good? Try a diagnostic tool for whatever brand. Is the windows cd good? You may have problem if your Windows is already installed on another system, as your windows license is good for one motherboard.\n\nAre you getting any error messages? You can edit the message in your original question. Remember this much details yield no analysis. Best I can tell you to do is run these different diag tools. Also, make yourself a Ultimate Boot CD and check system with that.
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ok i suggest this for alot of companies cause its cheaper when you consider there is no licensing fees and after using the unix linux and microsoft alternatives its easier. Try an apple xserve and osx server they can help you with this stuff and yes they are completely compatable with windows. i find alot of companies i work with use the macintosh backbone and install windows machines for the end user so they have the power stablity and easy of use that comes with mac without having to retrain all their employees
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Be wary of questions like this, every linux user has one distro that slays all others, and its almost never the same as the next user.  All linux distro's have the security and lower system overhead than windows, all that really changes is the feel.  If you want to learn linux slowly without losing too much of the windows feel, then you should try a distro based off of kde.  Xandros is the most useable interface, but cd burning is crippled in the free version and retail is 40 bucks, but it is great to try and for most I've recommended this to it is worth the fee.  If you want free with no restrictions and a windows feel, you can't beat Mepis.  If you want to try something really new, ubuntu is based off of Gnome, which is very similar to the Mac user interface, it takes some getting used to but is typically faster.  If you have some time and want to see your computer run faster than you thought possible, then Gentoo is the distro for you.  Be warned though, Gentoo is quite difficult to install, but is well worth the effort.(you can choose which style to use during install, kde is the default though)
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I feel it works best if you install Linux first on any partition then XP next. Linux does a great job of setting up the boot screen where you can select which OS to boot. I have not done it in a while so I am sure of the exact terms.
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Windows is fine. Linux is fun. Check out www.puppylinux.com. and be prepared to be amazed by what a tiny os running from RAM can do. If that doesn't peak your curiosity just stick to windows.
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yes u can.\nu can have the normal system requirements.\nfirst install windows on ur computer and have some space without partitioning.\nnow install linux on ur computer and follow the installation wizard and it'll take care of that.