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2010-10-21 , 12:11
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#19
Originally Posted by daperl View Post
I'm guessing you're currently running some version of Windows. If so, and you have a multi-core CPU with at least 4GB of RAM (preferably 8GB), and the CPU supports the later generations of virtualization, I recommend running Ubuntu inside of VirtualBox.
That would be the best of both of your worlds, and most importantly, no rebooting involved.
Thats a good proposal. For just the first tests even 2GB of RAM are enough.
Dont let you confuse by the "ubuntu is better", "opensuse is better", "... is better". Thats normal in Linux communities
I bring another in "KDE is better" I use Kubuntu so this would be my choice.
So now we can start another KDE vs. Gnome battle ... no wait.

So with daperls proposal, you can easy test some different distributions, some Desktop Environments, and then you choose your favorite.

Next step after that could be a dualboot on your Harddisk, so on boot you can decide if windows or linux. This would result in a bit faster system and better hardware support (As in a virtualbox you cant use all internal cards, like dvb cards)

After some years maybe you end like me, with windows is gone from my harddisk.

I think Ubuntu, Kubuntu (Or install KDE in Ubuntu, than its nearly kubuntu), Opensuse, Fedora or Mint can end in your choices.