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pat_pramod
Hi all,
I am sorry if this is a repetitive question and would be happy if I get directed to a source where I can find details about this.
I have a laptop with windows 8, 8 GB RAM and 1 TB hard disk with most of the memory available for use.
I am trying to find a good option to install Linux as an additional OS on it (if it's possible). I know a little of shell scripting and perl and want to use this Linux version to work more on Perl and hoping to configure a web server like apache when I reach to that stage.
I have tried to search online and found some options like using VMWare, Cygwin, dual OS/boot and coLinux. Out of these I think only dual OS/boot or coLinux could be useful if I want to try web server configuration, etc.
While coLinux looks like best option, I came across lot of negative feedback about it which stoppped me from trying it out.
Can you please provide me your suggestion on using coLinux or any alternate option that I can try. Any references that you can provide would be of great help to me.
Thanks in advance!
Dual boot is the definite option.
The latest Linux distros available will do the job and you'll be able to partition your HDD without a problem provided you follow the instruction prompted throughout the install process.
I'd recommend Ubuntu for its ease of use/install/setup/documentation/community but feel free to check out other distros.
I've been using/testing all of them distros (from gentoo to linux mint including CentOS or Archlinux and Mandriva...) and I'd strongly recommend Ubuntu as of today.