| author (s): | renaissance |
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| written: | Aug 2007 |
| revised: | ... |
A DVD screenshot of Meredith Burgess playing the villain Penguin was intended to be here. But since its taking 20th Century Fox over 2 weeks to read my one question email you'll just have to imagine the picture in your heads. ....by the way FOX I'm still waiting for a YES or NO response on my email.
| category: | Ubuntu |
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| version: | Feisty 7.04 |
| topic: | operating systems |
| author (s): | renaissance |
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| written: | Aug 2007 |
| revised: | ... |
The purpose of this tutorial is to funnel old Windows users and Linux newcomers through the learning pipeline that helped me.
Making it more efficient for Windows users in switching to Linux.
To achieve that links to a bunch of off-site webpages will be used pretty heavily. Webpages that I consider to be needles in a haystack which could've helped me when I first made this journey, unfortunately I only found out about them at the very end of the search for electronic freedom. But you're in luck because I'm gonna give you a choice that I never got.....
Also this is a Dual Boot operating systems tutorial. That means your PC will enable a greater security risk locally. What that means is that if some stranger gets hold of your PC physically all your personal data can be accessed. Even if protected by an user account either by Windows XP or Ubuntu. So if you have some secrets to hide this tutorial isn't for you. But if you don't have secrets and just want your infernal technical do-hickey to work as painless as possible this is THE tutorial for you.
Another thing I mentioned that the security risk locally is greater but that doesn't affect your security when going out to the Internet. The security outwards on a Dual Boot remains the same as on a Single Boot computer.
Last thing that I need to mention. Upon my personal analytical assessment I estimate that over 90% of your Games and Programs bought for Windows XP won't work on Linux to a satisfactory degree. Knowing this final piece of information might help you better decide whether or not to make the switch to Linux, before wasting too much time on reading massive amounts of infos that's required for those who want Linux.
However with the Dual Boot setup you can switch to Linux and still be able to use your old Games and Programs for Windows XP, by having Windows reside next to Linux. In time when the 3rd party Games and Sotfware industry finally manages to code their products for Linux hardware you might no longer need Windows in order to breathe :-)