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Ubuntu general question

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Ubuntu general question

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I have been as it is called "Lurking" in the various forum sites and learning the etiquette of posting and so on, and I keep coming across Ubunto, is this another os that benifits windowsXP or Vista or is it a completly different os like linux, that runs on its own in a different partion, just very curious.

Where can I find out about different systems like this and there price ranges, and if it is good to run two different systems at once, if it is a different os that is.

As I say just curious?

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Reply #26 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
I have not read through all the posts, so forgive me if this has been suggested.

It is a little more inconvenient, but far safer in the end.

When I wanted to try Ubuntu I bought a second hard drive.

Then I disconnected my drive that had Windows and installed Ubuntu on the new drive.
Then the first drive is reconnected.

When I want to use Windows I enter the BIOS and set that drive to be the first boot drive, and visa versa for booting into Ubuntu.

That way no boot managers have to be installed, and there is no chance of hosing the Windows install.
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Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmm I don't know where to try the virtual machine software? It may be Ubuntu-only thing? I currently use Kubuntu version of Hardy Heron.


Try Virtualbox. Far better than VMWare.