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From: Mark on 10 May 2010 04:52
On Sat, 8 May 2010 23:30:45 +0000 (UTC), ShadowTek
<ShadowTek(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On 2010-05-08, John <John(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>>
>> As far as a new comp is concerned Linux might be an option if it can
>> boot on the latest hardware but previous experience gives me doubt.
>>
>> Linux will install (so it says at least) but not boot the ATA133 RAID on
>> my current computer. I don't know why but Grub doesn't have any answers
>> that I can figure out. Strange to say the least but there it is. Maybe I
>> am just too dumb to RTFM as you Linux people are fond of saying, but my
>> time does have value. If it doesn't work out of the box then why bother?
>
>I can't really say anything in regards to an unnamed distro.
>
>If you're looking to get into Linux for the first time, I'd recommend
>trying Ubuntu. There's a very large community for it, and you find plenty of
>friendly people at their official forums.
>http://ubuntuforums.org/
>
>If you download the "Desktop" version, it's also a live CD that will let
>you test the OS before installing it.
>http://www.ubuntulinux.org/products/whatisubuntu/desktopedition
>
>As far as hardware compatability, the only thing that stands out in my
>mind is that ATI's Linux support is lacking. I'd suggest sticking with
>nVidia graphics.

I found RAID support was far better in Ubuntu that in XP. Ubuntu just
works whereas you have to load special extra drivers off a floppy disk
in XP (or slipstream them onto a CDROM).

Linux is not perfect but then neither is windows.
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