[GRASSLIST:8914] Re: Off Topic (Somewhat): Most commonly supported Linux Distro for Gr ass usage?

[Māris Nartišs]

Hi,

if You can, do NOT use VMWare on windows to run Linux. I'm running
Linux on VMWare on Windows and it is not a pleasure. From windows
Linux gets all win problems - lockups on high disk load etc. You will
get bad impression about Linux, so better run pure Linux or even
VMWare/Wine inside Linux for Windows ;)

NTFS is safe writable *if you don't change original file size*! You
will not be able to create new files or append to old ones. NTFS is
safe readable  - You can mount win disk and read all files and create
small FAT32 partition for data exchange with windows.

I want to thank Ed Davison for all good words about GRASS on Gentoo.
Yeah, that was me, who initially brought GRASS 5.7 with all its
requirements to Gentoo :)

<flamme> If we talk about distributions - first set your priorities -
to learn GNU/Linux or to be dumb user. If You want to learn GNU/Linux,
I suggest some "hard" distros - Slackware, Gentoo. Its damn hard in
beginning, but then in GNU/Linux you feel like fish in water. If You
want to be simple user - K/Ubuntu (Debian based). If Debian packages
are too old - you can always fetch fresh CVS version and compile
yourself. </flamme>


Sorry for my verbal flood.
WBR
Maris.

2005/11/5, Richard Greenwood <richard.greenwood at gmail.com>:
> On 11/4/05, Patton, Eric <epatton at nrcan.gc.ca> wrote:
> > This is somewhat off-topic, I apologize. I am seriously considering
> > partitioning my hard drive to be able to run Linux on my workstation. Can
> > anyone who has done this recommend the 'best' method (i.e., least likely to
> > destroy my hard drive) of doing this? Partition Magic seems to get high
> > scores when Googled. But I would prefer using an open-source tool for doing
> > this, I'm just apprehensive about software stability.
>
> Have you considered VMWare? It would allow you to run Linux inside a
> virtual machine. It dynamicially resizes its virtual disks, so you
> don't have to figure out a partition size in advance. And it allows
> network communication between the virtual machine and the host
> machine. So your data can stay on an NTFS partition (of FAT) and you
> mount that drive in your Linux machine. VMware is very stable. Only
> down side is that it's a bit spendy.
>
> Rich
>
> --
> Richard Greenwood
> richard.greenwood at gmail.com
> www.greenwoodmap.com
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