Hi Sandeep see below for my comments interspaced within yours..
............ > If your HD is already partitioned, can Gnu be installed in one of the > partitions? Yes, you can instal Gnu/Linux provided the type of the partition is compatible with Gnu/Linux. In theory, you can have up to four partitions (one primary and three secondary); in addition to this four, you can sub-divide one of the four partitions in many other ones (logical partitions). What counts is that the type of partition: while partitioning from an install disc (I have loaded Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10),highlight the "type" and select the Type command. Select the one you need i.e. Linux ext2,Linux swap etc etc (if you press space key you will find more variants) and, then, at the prompt, enter your choice i.e. the number. The other important thing is that you need the correct number of GB : for my Ubunto I needed between 2 to 3 Gb (you can carry it on a USB). If you start installing others and more sophisticated applications it can go up to 5 - 6 Gb. To be on the safe side I would say partition it for 7Gb and, if you think you are going to store lots of pictures of music, then, allow 10Gb of partitioning. > Do you know what is the MB space required for installing a Gnu OS? see above... > > And finally how would you get your computer to boot into Gnu and not into > Windows at start up? As far as I know, it is set up to start up from Gnu automatically i.e. Gnu/Linux is the default choice. Take a look at this step by step illustration: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9059/dual-boot-your-pre-installed-windows-7-computer-with-ubuntu/ You will see that at the end the grabloader is pre-set with Gnu/Linux as starter. (I used partitions long time ago when I had a Dell with Windows XP and Fedora installed;nowadays I only have Ubuntu as O.S.. In addition to that I am using an Asus Eee PC netbook with Windows 7 Edition installed in it, from which I am working right now. It is a company netbook and, despite several antiviruses, it has already accumulated about 16 viruses!!). > Incidentally, while no where close to the number of Windows based viruses, > even Linux variants have started appearing. No, any viruses or trojan would require a permission to be transferred to another pc.This could be done only if you were to be working as a "root",as a Linux user you would hardly be working as "user" only and not from "root". In short, it is practically impossible to circulate viruses or trojans. Of course, you can write your own virus and run it on your own machine but you cannot give it to anyone else. > I guess it a question of demand and supply. > > More Linux/Gnu platforms in operations............more specific viruses > would be designed. > > And deployed. Yes...nowadays,it is easier to crack O.S. More people have the know-how to be qualified hackers... > Seeing the transience of the temporary, the self/mid seeks the permanency of > the eternal. The seeking is the root of all suffering..it is the ego that seeks a better transience or an improvement or an addition to whatever it already has.. > And conjures up experiences, experiences in which the investment is the new > identity. A new identity and I new mask to deal with...... Cheers! Kali > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Mahakali <[email protected]> wrote: > > Transcend AVG et all anticomputer viruses. Install a gnu/Linux > > operating system (it is free - you do not have to pay for the licence) > > and you will not be attacked by a virus/trojan/warm any longer. It is > > 100% virus risk free. > > > Cheers.. > > > Kali > > > PS: you can keep your old O.S. and partition your HD and install Linux > > as a second O.S. > > > On 22 Aug, 21:29, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wonder if Rodger's computer's virus issue has been solved. > > > Have not heard from you in awhile. > > > Hope all is well.
