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Well, I am a Windows user ATM, I have no (very little) Linux knowledge, and willing to switch to Linux. What do you think is best, should I use Windows and Linux simultaneously until I learn some Linux, or I should switch to Linux straight away, and make my best to learn it ASAP?
Thanks!!
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Posted 28 November 2008 - 10:22 AM
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There are arguments that can be made on both sides. If you make the dive and have issues with doing a homework assignment, you can get VERY frustrated. On the other hand, you will learn far faster. In general, I would recommend either dual-booting or using a virtual machine until you get comfortable with it.
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Posted 29 November 2008 - 01:16 AM
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I must agree with Winged...
Although if you dual-boot you might get lazy and never actually look into Linux much.. and you will continue being a normal Windows user.. this happened to me.. on a virtual machine it's even worse!
Although if you dual-boot you might get lazy and never actually look into Linux much.. and you will continue being a normal Windows user.. this happened to me.. on a virtual machine it's even worse!
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Posted 29 November 2008 - 02:07 AM
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Yeah.. and I'm quite lazy, but at the same time I don't want to end up with something not working and then end up pissed off because I can't do my work...
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Posted 29 November 2008 - 06:16 AM
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If I were you I would switch right away... if you get pissed off, you would make your best to fix the issue and that will make you learn even more.
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Posted 29 November 2008 - 06:43 AM
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Make the switch! I started with Dual Boot and set Linux as the default boot partition. I only booted into Windows when I got frustrated (and I did get frustrated a lot when using Slackware 3.x). I believe my dual boot Windows partition was Windows 95 so that helped keep me out of Windows.
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Posted 30 November 2008 - 03:33 PM
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My first year with Linux, I dual booted with Linux as the default... There was one application I needed to run about once a month at work and I had to switch back to Windows NT 4.0 for about an hour a month. Then they gave me ANOTHER Windows-only program that I "had" to use and I got shoved back into Windows land. I was pretty irritated, actually.
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Posted 01 December 2008 - 03:10 AM
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Yeah, that is one of my "fears", not being able to do something on Linux while I can on Windows. If I was brought up into the Linux world, then I wouldn't mind.. but now that I was brought up into a Windows world... I don't know
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Posted 01 December 2008 - 09:22 AM
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All normal activities can be done in both. The issue is when you have highly customized software that you must use (in this case, a really lame "math instruction" program that required a Windows-only app to run it) and can't get it to run under Wine.
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Posted 04 December 2008 - 07:00 AM
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But sometimes even the different layout and everything... makes you feel unconfortable to use at first.
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Posted 04 December 2008 - 07:44 AM
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With some tweaks and setting... that can be arranged easily.
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Posted 04 December 2008 - 08:28 AM
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I found switching from DOS to Windows 3.1 painful. I found the switch to Windows 98 painful. I refuse to go through the pain of Vista. With change comes discomfort and disorientation.
