I will agree with that as well. Unless you have a vid capture card or some other special hardware VM's are a much better option for learning Linux. And VMWare is supper easy On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:38 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > I concur. > I also strongly recommend running additional hosts as virtual machines > (either with VirtualBox or VMware Player/Workstation) instead of dual > booting. VMs are much nicer to use. > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > Bryan O'Neal wrote: >> >> I agree - The SuSE, RedHat (Fedora), and Debian (Ubuntu) branches are >> quite different but all very good. See which one you like best. >> Personally I loved SuSE at first but could not spend the time to learn >> it as well as Fedora or Ubuntu. And, well, Ubuntu just amazes me at >> how simple it can be for simple things, like printing, so it get heavy >> props. >> For servers I am almost pure RedHat (Cent OS to be specific) for >> desktops I have one Ubuntu and one Fedora on my desk. I use them both >> equally. >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:24 PM, Mark Phillips >> wrote: >>> >>> I am partial to Debian. I have it running on a a 64bit Dell laptop for >>> about >>> 6 months with no problems. I also run Windows 7 Pro as a virtual machine. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM, mike Enriquez wrote: >>>> >>>> I am planning to build a dual boot workstation. It will a 64bit computer >>>> with Windows 7 pro but I have yet to select a linux distro. >>>> I am open to any suggestions. Which linux distro would you use. My only >>>> requirement is that it further my linux education. >>>> I am willing to try any Linux Distro in workstation or server version. >>>> >>>> Also what would you put into your 64 bit computer? I am planning to use >>>> an >>>> i7 extreme processor on an MSI X58 pro-E motherboard. Ram is going to be >>>> DDR3 1600 MHz. >>>> >>>> I am open to any ideas.  Please send me your ideas. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Mike Enriquez >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss