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October 9th, 2008 19:00
linux on lattitude e6500
I have purchased a lattitude e6500. It has xp pro. I want to dual boot with linux. Which linux? and what size do my partitions need to be? I have an 160 g hard drive.
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mfinnan101
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October 10th, 2008 15:00
Which Linux is a subjective question.
I personally like Ubuntu a lot, but there are other good distros out there. Here's a read:
http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/the-14-best-linux-distros-465771
Partition size is up to you. Linux is a good bit smaller than Windows, I'd recommend at least 20GB but one could get away with a smaller partition. It really depends on what you want to do with the installation.
A guide to dual boot the two:
http://apcmag.com/how_to_dual_boot_windows_xp_and_linux_xp_installed_first.htm
That outlines how to dual boot XP and Ubuntu 8.04 but the process would be pretty similar for any other distro.
ThatTallGuy
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October 15th, 2008 22:00
You may want to reconsider your dual-boot scenario. If you don't actually need both OSes to run on the bare metal, you should think about running one OS or the other as a virtual machine. This would let you run programs from each side-by-side without a reboot, and lets you run the certified OS (Windows) on the metal while running Linux in a standardized environment (since the E-series is not certified for Linux yet -- meaning probably that not all the drivers are out yet.)
I've run dual-boot for many years but the E6500 I just ordered will be the first machine in a while that *doesn't* -- I'll be going strictly with VMs. That was one of the deciding factors for me -- the 6500 can support enough RAM for several VMs at once.
Look into running VMware Server -- it's free. There are other virtualization options as well, but IMHO VMware seems to have the most efficient memory use and best performance.