> Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:28:57 +0800 > From: "Ian Dexter R. Marquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [plug] newbie question > To: Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List > <plug@lists.q-linux.com>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > [Moving to the newbies list, where it ought to be...] > > On 5/11/05, Tito Mari Francis Escaņo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > With Ubuntu 4.10 and Bayanihan Linux 3.1, I can attest to it's faulty > > GRUB package. > > > > We've installed BL 3.1 on several boxes dual-booted with WinXP using > GRUB, and they run just fine. :) > > To the OP: Knoppix also seems to be an okay newbie distro. As for > Ubuntu, well, it just works out-of-the-box. Just holler here should > you run through any hitches. :) > > -- > Ian Dexter R. Marquez > http://iandexter.co.nr [PGP key: 0x02D17A07] >
I also tried dual-booting Windows XP and BL3.1/ubuntu, works fine. The only problem a newbie could face is the disk partioning. But then if the install was well planned, there should be no prob at all. Jay Javier Registered Linux User #361437 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie