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On Monday 23 October 2006 12:29, Neil Winchurst wrote: > Hi there, > > I have decided to give kubuntu a tryout, but not to overwrite my > current Mandriva setup for the moment. I have never done anything like > this before so I will probably need some advice. > > First off, do I send for a DVD with the progam on or do I download it > for myself? I do have a writable DVD drive. > > My hard drive is an ATA Maxtor 6V160E0 SCSI. Although I have Mandriva > running as 32 bit I believe my setup will also handle 64 bit. So which > version of kkubuntu will be best? I would want one which I can run from > the DVD drive to start with and then perhaps to install later. > > If I decide to install are there any traps to watch out for to avoid > messing up my current setup? I have heard about dual booting, but only > with Linux and Windows, never with two versions of Linux, though I > suppose that is much the same thing. > > I am feeling both rather daring and very worried > > TIA > Neil Winchurst All the current Kubuntu versions (6.06 and 6.10) will allow you to run as a live CD. They have an install icon placed on the desktop which if clicked, will begin an install to the hard drive. Dual booting Linux is very easy - the Debian based systems all happily detect other distros and allow you to choose which to boot.My main system has a multi boot setup, with several distros I can choose from - but I tend to only boot Kubuntu these days. Bearing in mind that Kubuntu 6.10 will be officially released on the 26th I think, it may be better to wait for that. I have been running the beta version in a VM for weeks with no problems, so it should be good! The basic disk for 6.06 and 6.10 is a CD around 650mb. There are 64 bit versions, although I have not tried those, despite having a 64 bit system - purely down to having been put off by the earlier 64 bit versions of Linux having poor support for gaming, which is something I like to do from time to time ;) Prior to having Kubuntu 6.06 as my main system, I was using Mandriva. I still have my mandriva partition, but I have not used it for a long time. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html