[LUNI] FW: [Chicago] can I buy a ubuntu dell from a local store?

[Branko Kotur]

On Tuesday 11 March 2008 04:19:42 pm Eric MacAdie wrote:
> How do you shrink the ntfs partition? Do you do this before installing
> Linux?
>

You can use a  GParted ISO to resize partitions.  Most popular distro's also 
allow you to do this.

> I have Ubuntu on a few systems, but I always get a second hard drive and
> use one drive for each OS.
>
> Eric MacAdie
>
> nbi at wideopenwest.com wrote:
> > Yes, that Dell price difference was reported in a recent issue of
> > Linux Journal.
> >
> > It may not be necessary to completely wipe Windows off the system. In
> > fact you may regret having done so later on when you need to run
> > legacy apps only available for 'Doze.
> >
> > For starters I would make it a dual boot system by shrinking the ntfs
> > partitions (for preinstalled Windows there's often 2, one of which is
> > for disaster recovery) and partitioning the resulting free space for
> > Linux. It's usually safe to put GRUB in the mbr so after having done
> > that you'll have a convenient dual boot system. As a finishing touch I
> > would add fuse support and ntfs-3g for NTFS R/W access from linux.
> >
> > My recommendation for distro would be Debian as I consider linux in a
> > multi-boot scenario as "mission critical" and would want the most
> > solid and dependable distro available. Others would probably fit the
> > bill too, but Debian always ranks at the top of distro polls for good
> > reason.