All -- I've had some reasonable success with Wubi (have a dual boot ASUS EEE PC . . .). It's pretty easy to set up, and also seems to be reversible, if you want to uninstall later . . .
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide Thanks . . . Tom Carter On Feb 26, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Gillian Densmore wrote: > Yeah that's totaly doable-He/she will need to get his/her hands dirty > with a linux bootloader(usualy GRUB). I thought visual studio spoke > C-but if for what ever reason he/she'd rather do development on linux: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot I know that other > distros support it. I've only done it a few times with partition magic > and what not forunatly it's a little easier to do now. I think ubuntu > has some way to run ontop of windows-haven't tride that yet. Just make > sure the system can actualy run a distro of linux first! quite a few > offer a live CD/DVD mode to see what (if anything) might be a problem > interms of compatability. otherwise he/she should have fun with linux. > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have a friend who has an AMD processor based Windows system (Windows 7 >> IIRC). >> >> He wishes to convert it to a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, with two >> bootable partitions, one for each OS. >> >> Many years ago I did this sort of thing, but a lot has changed. >> >> Do any of us have experience with this? A good pointer/site on how to do >> this? >> >> He does seem to be confused a bit about all the possibilities: >> - Virtual Box >> - Cygwin >> - Dual boot (with both partitions being bootable) >> - Which distro to use (He mainly wants to do development w/ C/C++ within the >> mathematics world) >> >> I was surprised that he thought it necessary to use linux .. I presumed he >> could do everything he wanted to do in Windows itself but apparently >> compilers were not there and that sort of thing. I do know on the mac you >> can install a "developer's sdk" for free (have to register) and presumed >> that was also possible with Windows. >> >> Any pointers much appreciated! And alternatives too. >> >> -- Owen >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
