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I am building a new computer and will have 8 GB memory. My intent is to dual boot install Windows 7 Professional 64 bit OS and Linux 11 Mint. Any suggestions on which version of Linux Mint is preferred for installation, the 32 bit or 64 bit version? I am new to Linux and appreciate the help.
Also, is there any advantage to consider Ubuntu 11.04 instead of Linux Mint?
My CPU is the Phenom II x6. The computer is my home computer.
I use Linux at the office occasionally and I would consider myself a newbie using Linux.
dual boot windows 7 professional and Linux Mint 11 64 bit
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Re: dual boot windows 7 professional and Linux Mint 11 64 bi
You really can't go wrong with either. On a new machine, I don't really think that you'll see a difference in the two. I'll say this, too, regarding dual-booting. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind.
1. I find it easier to use Grub2 to handle dual-booting, but then again, I ONLY use my Windows partition occasionally and don't plan to keep it up-to-date. What I am saying is that Grub2 handles it very well, but I have heard from others that sometimes Windows updates will make changes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) that can screw up your installation. So you may want to consider allowing the MBR as it is to handle bootup and not Grub2. Again, I've had good luck with Grub2 but YMMV.
2. If you want to share data between the OS's you'll either have to use an NTFS or FAT32 data partition (which Linux easily handles) or you'll have to load a 3rd party driver for Windows to read the ext2, ext3, or ext4 data partition.
I'm sure that others with much more knowledge than me can give you some other tips, but these are two that I thought of pretty quickly. There are tons of dual-booting resources online. Good luck!
mikhou
1. I find it easier to use Grub2 to handle dual-booting, but then again, I ONLY use my Windows partition occasionally and don't plan to keep it up-to-date. What I am saying is that Grub2 handles it very well, but I have heard from others that sometimes Windows updates will make changes to the Master Boot Record (MBR) that can screw up your installation. So you may want to consider allowing the MBR as it is to handle bootup and not Grub2. Again, I've had good luck with Grub2 but YMMV.
2. If you want to share data between the OS's you'll either have to use an NTFS or FAT32 data partition (which Linux easily handles) or you'll have to load a 3rd party driver for Windows to read the ext2, ext3, or ext4 data partition.
I'm sure that others with much more knowledge than me can give you some other tips, but these are two that I thought of pretty quickly. There are tons of dual-booting resources online. Good luck!
mikhou