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  • Author: Cheryl
  • Published: Apr 18th, 2009
  • Comments: 19

My First Tryst with Ubuntu: Things Worked. Mostly.

In my last post, I mentioned wanting to try out Linux, specifically Ubuntu. After much consideration and with the help of the Ghacks readers, I decided to try the Ubuntu LiveCD before actually installing it. However, I first had to bump up my laptop’s RAM, which took a while. It’s tough to get compatible DDR [...]

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How to dual boot Linux and Windows XP

Unlike Windows Vista, Windows XP does not have a built in tool to resize a partition. Because of this you have to make use of another means. One of my favorite tools for this task is the GParted Live CD. What the GParted Live CD does is boot into a very simple Linux desktop that [...]

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Categories: Hardware, Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Windows

How to dual boot Windows Vista and Linux

I have had a number of requests for how to documents on dual booting Windows and Vista. Since the process for Vista and XP are different I am going to give them separate articles. I will start with dual booting Vista and Linux. This tutorial will focus on the Windows portion of the process and [...]

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Categories: Hardware, Knowledge, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Windows

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