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[Abdul-Fattah]

thread dedicated to discussion on Mac (computer products and OS X), PC, Windows and Linux Ubuntu

Oh no, another brother lost in the mac-windows confusions. When will they learn, only linux can set us free!

[salman]

^lol, subhaanAllah, we got a linux fanboy on board. akhee, do you really use linux?

actually, I never liked windows from the beginning, but I couldn't switch to mac due to fact that mac wasn't using x86 technology and such. However, they have improved quite a lot in past couple of years and now it's about time for me to give it a try. Macbook is expensive in comparison to windows, but at least I won't have to put up Vista garbage. And window 7 is pretty much copy of Mac

[Assad]

@Abdul-Fattah: LOL, a linux fanboy! I couldn't imagine using linux! I think its because since the beginning I have the perception of Linux as being something totally incomplete and for nerds though I never saw it! What is your view re Linux?

@Salman: What is x86 technology? And before apple started using Intel chips was it making its own chips or using of some other manufacturer ?

[Abdul-Fattah]

Originally Posted by Acid

@Abdul-Fattah: LOL, a linux fanboy! I couldn't imagine using linux! I think its because since the beginning I have the perception of Linux as being something totally incomplete and for nerds though I never saw it! What is your view re Linux?

Linux indeed used to be only for people who're good with computers. But it's come a far way from there. When I first started using Linux about 3 years ago it was already a lot more userfriendly. It did require you to manually install some stuff, which was a pain to learn at first. Like I had some problems configuring my wireless receiver, my printer, and my graphic card. Now it is 6 generations later (most linux distributions bring out a new operating system every 6 months, unlike windows who has a new OS every 2 or 3 years)
And Linux has become practically out-of-the-box. Meaning you can pretty much install it, and most hardware is recognized without you having to configure and stuff. The only major downside peolpe might find in linux, is that some game are made for windows only, some games are made for windows and mac. But almost no games are made for linux (except some open-source-projects). You can still run most of them trough an emulator, but that's a little tricky for newcomers. So the gamercommunity is somewhat reluctant to jump on the linuxbandwagon because of that. Other then that, linux is ready for the general public.
As for me personally, I wouldn't change back for windows even if they'd pay me for it. Unless of cuorse, a really general offer, in which case I might consider a dual boot, but would probably still run linux then all the time :p

[Assad]

Thanks for sharing your experience!

I dont think I would even consider downloading Linux when I havent even seen it once how it looks like!

I am more inclined to Mac. It is because of my iphone magic! I am totally impressed by iphone (best phone) and so thinking to give Mac a try but I will wait for bro. Salman experience!

I wonder what Operating system Bro. Qatada is using!

[al-boriqee]

I hereby renounce any affiliations I previously had with the PC, and am now a die-hard Mac fan.

oh smack, that was a blast man

Im just amazed at the style of articulation of this man.

WOW, that was a blast

me too, Im gonno go to mac cuz its a en entirely better world inshallah.

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[Abdul-Fattah]

Selam aleykum

Originally Posted by Acid

Thanks for sharing your experience!

I dont think I would even consider downloading Linux when I havent even seen it once how it looks like!

I am more inclined to Mac. It is because of my iphone magic! I am totally impressed by iphone (best phone) and so thinking to give Mac a try but I will wait for bro. Salman experience!

I wonder what Operating system Bro. Qatada is using!

Then have I great news for you. Nowadays most distro's use "live-cd" That means when you download linux, you download an .iso file, which you burn to cd. Then when you insert your cd and restart the pc, you have several options. Rather then just installing, you can boot from the cd as if it were your harddrive, and test the distribution without having to install it first! This does nothing to your current install, and after rebooting you can continue with windows as normal. If you're somewhat advanced, you can even make a life-USB and boot your linux distrio from every pc, the advantage of USB as opposed to cd is not only that it's smaller, but since the configuration isn ot burned on the USB, you can permanently change the settings on your life USB (although that's easier said then done I admit).

[Assad]

Walikum salam

Do you mean that I can run 2 Operating systems on my laptop? Linux using the CD as a Linux boot? If its that what you mean, than should I download linux and do as you say without risking my laptop data?

[Abdul-Fattah]

Originally Posted by Acid

Walikum salam

Do you mean that I can run 2 Operating systems on my laptop? Linux using the CD as a Linux boot? If its that what you mean, than should I download linux and do as you say without risking my laptop data?

yes, although this is only to try it out. When using this cd, you will be able to change some settings but they will not be saved. So this is not really useful to work with.

Another solution if you're not sure, if your HD has partitions, of which one is big and empty, you could make a "dual-boot". (this has to be on the master HD). This means that two different operatingsystems are installed on your HD (each in his own partition). Upon starting up, you will be asked which OS you want to run (windows or linux disto). This is what I did first when I took the step to linux. Then after a month or so, when I was confident and sure linux was the thing for me, I formatted my HD, and made a linux-only install.

Here are some guides:
How to dual boot Windows Vista and Linux
How to dual boot Windows XP and Linux (XP installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots
How to dual-boot Vista with Linux (Vista installed first) -- the step-by-step guide with screenshots

[salman]

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don't want to act like a mac fanboy but this picture is funny