On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 06:35:22PM +0100, Bob Dove wrote:
I must say that installing Win is much MUCH easier than installing Linux!!! Something I haven't managed so far.
I wouldn't agree that installing Win is much easier than installing Linux, I had to reinstall Win on a laptop the other week, it took me about 5 hours given the time I had to spend hunting drivers and downloading patches etc. compared to a Linux install on that same machine which took about 1 hour You may want to try Ubuntu Linux, there was a new release today and it really does rock. You won't have to use the commandline unless you don't want to.
GIMP is not in anyway equal to PS as any PS user will confirm, in fact there is no other program equal to PS! I already use OOo v 1.3 (in Win) in preference to MS Office. I like it and looking forward to using v 2.0. I need to know what program to choose as a starter, how to partition my C drive to install Linux into &c.
Heh, I would counter that PS is crap compared to Gimp, I use Gimp in preference to PS and have done for over 5 years. Horses for courses anyhow as you said most PS users will confirm that Gimp isn't an equal to photoshop most Gimp users will confirm that PS isn't an equal to Gimp.
Anyhow...
If you need to split your C partition into two bits to install Linux then there are many ways to do this with free software, first of all you will have to work out what kind of filesystem Windows is installed on (fat or ntfs) then you will need to google for some linux tools like ntfsresize and parted (which I think are probably included on the Ubuntu bootable live CD) to help you split the disk.
If this sounds too daunting then there is commercial software which runs within Windows that will be able to split the disk for you, something like Acronis disk director suite 9.0 which is available from Amazon or ebuyer for about 20 quid.
Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.
Apparently your anti-virus software needs updating ;)
Adam