[dba-Tech] Deepin Linux

Hi Paul:

Definitely not.

The simplest method of getting the Linux distro ready for installation is to download the ISO from the hosting site and then use some product like Imgburn to create a self booting DVD.
  
All you need is enough extra room on you computer to do a modest install (Linux distros tend to be smaller than other OSs). Just start installing, Linux immediately recognizes the Windows install and ask if you would like a dual boot and how much room would you like to allocate your Linux distro. Automatically, a Linux partition of the size you entered and the boot track in linked to a GRUB display. In most modern Linux distros, the installation process tends to just be <enter> <enter> <enter>...almost brain dead. ;-) When the install is complete and the system is rebooted, a display will appear prompting for which OS you wish to run. 

You can modify the GRUB's properties, within Linux, through editing a simple text file. From there you can choose which OS is first (default) in the list and even have the boot automatically proceed after a certain length of time.

So in effect you can have you cake and eat it to.

Jim  

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hartland" <paul.hartland at googlemail.com>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 8:26:49 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Deepin Linux

To all,

Sorry to jump in with a slight tangent, I have been thinking of setting up
a dual boot type system where I choose to use either Windows or Linux, I
have been a bit iffy about this in the past, what is the best way to go
about it, do I have to wipe everything from my PC first etc then install
the linux ?

Thanks for any help in advance.

Paul


On 22 July 2013 21:30, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> There is a new Linux distro out which has been receiving very high rated
> reviews called Deepin.
>
> It is a product the has been totally written in China by a bunch of geeks
> there. The attention to detail on this product is spectacular. It has been
> loosely described as a cross between Windows 7/8 and a Linux distro.
>
> http://planet.linuxdeepin.com/2013/06/19/linux-deepin-12-12-is-released/
>
> According to reviewers it is excessively easy to use..."So Easy a
> 12-year-old Can Use It". Another plus, given that Ubuntu is one of the
> fastest desktops, Deepin in comparison is far faster...maybe the fastest
> distro of any type.
>
> This product will definitely reside in one of my virtual drives and if it
> stands up to previous billing, I will be looking for friends and businesses
> on which to install Deepin.
>
> Jim
>
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