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I have a HD-less laptop with a 16 gig nub flashdrive and Slax Linux build. It’s awesome and very fast.
will my applications run on Linux?
BFL
thank you
I couldn’t find a Linux driver for my printer. Is there a good site that lists Linux compatible printers and scanners?
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if you can’t boot from USB just boot from CD/DVD the good old way
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For the last year, every time I see a Linux post I would think about downloading it.
I just downloaded Mint 15 Mate last week, I really like it but there is; what is for me a steep learning curve, but I’m getting it, I dedicated 25 Gigs for Mint, switching between Mint and Windows just requires a restart from Mint, there is also on Mint a Windows recovery app in case Windows blows up.
I would recommend it to everyone, no fear, no worries, if you have been thinking about it just do it, once I’ve learned the ins and outs of Linux, I can see a time when I will never need windows again, and that’s a very good thing.
SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC!!
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This may not be possible but I’m wondering; is it possible to start Linux operating system from a USB drive after the computer already has Windows running? And would the USB drive be swappable so that it could be used on different computers?
It sounds good - load up the USB stick and “try it out” but to me it’s more sophism than anything else. It would be a bit like saying you could sit in an auto showroom and go “vroom vroom” to figure out if you like a car or not. Until you use a computer all day every day, to surf the web, answer your email, make a presentation for your job, download your photos from your camera - you’ll never know if you “like” a computer or an OS imho.
The “try it and see if you like it” sounds really good but I just don’t think real life works that way.
IIRC ASUS boards will automatically move the other drives down the boot order list if you change the boot order to load from the USB. MSI boards make you change each drive individually in the boot order if you change it. Kind of a pain.