December 23rd 10, 12:00 AM
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Using my extra RAM for other things in an old, updated 32-bitXP Pro. SP3. (OT -- Linux)
On 12/22/2010 09:44 PM, Ant wrote:
On 12/22/2010 12:39 PM PT, Alias typed:
So try out Linux Mint, 64 Bit. It's free and you can dual boot with XP.
It's pretty similar to XP but you will find it will make all your RAM
available, your Internet will be faster and no viruses or malware. Check
it out at http://www.linuxmint.com/ If you do it, download the DVD so
that Flash, Java, codecs, fonts, etc. get installed along with the OS.
When you start the install, it will detect XP and ask you if you want to
install Linux Mint side-by-side. It's pretty simple after that.
I am actually running an old 32-bit Debian on my older machine with its
2 GB of RAM. So if I ever wanted to go to another one, I would install
its 64-bit.
I don't really like having multi-boots since things get ugly and messy
when things go wrong (e.g., HDD problems, bugs, whatever). I used to do
that with Red Hat Linux 7.x and Windows 9x though. Things get crazy when
there are problems. I want to keep things simple now due to lack of free
time. I have free time during my Christmas break so I am taking
advantage of the upgrades and tweaks before things go nuts again! Boy,
my computers were super dusty after almost two years! 
Thanks though. 
I put all OSes on separate hard drives and use the BIOS (not grub) to
choose to which OS I want to boot into.
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Alias
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