Re: Installing Linux on a Computer Running XP on 2nd Partition of External Drive

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, pauljohns@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I have some experience running IRIX from my chemistry research and I
would really like to install Linux on my laptop.

[...]

I don't know too much about the different versions, but I was able to
get a copy of Solaris 10 and I attempted installing it and really got
no where.

Solaris isn't Linux. It may be a good choice for you, but it isn't Linux.

Is there an easier Linux version to install and setup? Fedora? SUSE?

Have a look at
http://distrowatch.com/
and in particular at
http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major

--
Yves Bellefeuille
<yan@xxxxxxxx>

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