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Still a minute faster
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| Back in March, I compared the load times for Windows XP and Fedora 10 on
| different hardware, and found that Linux booted about a minute faster. The
| fact that I had to run the test on different hardware was because I have to
| run Windows on my work laptop, but my wife happily runs Linux on her laptop
| at home. But it was still interesting that Linux booted faster on much older
| hardware (2005: IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad T43, Intel Centrino CPU @ 1.86 GHz, 512MB
| memory) compared to the newer laptop running Windows (2008: Dell Latitude
| D430, Intel Core2 CPU @ 1.20GHz, 2GB memory).
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http://linuxinexile.blogspot.com/2009/06/still-minute-faster.html
What is the best Linux distribution for beginners
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| To conclude I would say this: the easiest Linux distribution to install and
| use for beginners is Linux Mint, however if you want professional support or
| commercial applications the best Linux distribution for a beginner is Ubuntu.
| If you want an easy install "just to try Linux" you should use Linux Mint.
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http://windows2linux.tech-no-media.com/2009/06/what-is-best-linux-dis...
Recent:
GRUB 2: the New Boot Loader in Ubuntu 9.10
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| UDS (Ubuntu Developer Summit) for Karmic Koala took place this year, between
| the 25th and 29th of May, in Barcelona, Spain. There were 270 blueprints that
| needed to be discussed during the summit, like the new professional look of
| Plymouth (an application that takes care of the graphical boot animation) for
| Karmic Koala, which will not become reality very soon. However, some of the
| ideas discussed at UDS will be implemented in the next version of the Ubuntu
| operating system, due for release in late October 2009. One of these was
| the "grub2-as-default" discussion, and Colin Watson had the pleasure to
| announce last night that GRUB 2 would definitely be the default boot loader
| in Ubuntu 9.10.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/GRUB-2-The-New-Boot-Loader-in-Ubuntu-9...
GRUB2 To Be Used By Default In Ubuntu 9.10
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| Starting with Ubuntu 9.10 (and beginning with tomorrow's daily CD builds),
| GRUB2 will be the default boot-loader on new Ubuntu installations. GRUB2 will
| bring internationalization support, support for newer systems, and many other
| improvements considering this GNU boot-loader has been in development for a
| number of years.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMg
Explaining Ubuntu's 10 Second Boot Time
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| Canonical's Scott James Remnant has now outlined more on their plans for the
| Ubuntu boot performance targets with Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 LTS. The main
| areas that developers will be working on is speeding up the X Server start-up
| process and improving initramfs.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMw
GRUB 2 Receives New Font Engine
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| GRUB 2, the next-generation Linux boot loader, has received a new font
| engine. Version 2 of the GRand Unified Bootloader introduces this new font
| engine that's written in C and with a font tool in Java. This engine will
| allow for better internationalization support including non-ASCII character
| codes and support for multiple fonts.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njk2Nw
Super Grub Disk To The Rescue!
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| If you've ever tried to set up a dual boot system, more than likely you have
| also managed to mangle the master boot record (MBR) of your main system drive
| at least one time. Once corrupted you typically have a couple of options. One
| of the most obvious ways is to boot from a CD-ROM distribution and reinstall
| the OS. It's probably not the quickest fix but it usually does work. You
| could accomplish basically the same thing with a bootable USB disk if you
| happen to have one.
|
| Super Grub Disk (SGB) is a handy alternative that works in a few seconds.
| You'll find versions you can burn to a CD-ROM, USB disk or floppy disk.
| Booting from one of these media devices presents you with a menu of options
| that should help you get your system configured properly. It's also a tool
| capable of leaving your system unable to boot if you set the options wrong.
|
| [...]
|
| Super Grub Disk is a handy tool to have around if you find yourself
| installing multiple operating systems or even if you just want a way to
| diagnose a boot problem. It gives you an alternative boot path to get around
| a system that won't boot from the main hard drive. Best of all, it's free!
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6572/1/
Vista SP1 won't install on dual-boot systems: Microsoft
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| If you’re dualbooting Windows Vista Enterprise or Ultimate alongside a Linux
| distro, and have installed the Linux bootloader into the MBR, then you’re
| guaranteed to run into problems when installing Vista Service Pack 1,
| Microsoft has admitted.
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http://apcmag.com/vista_sp1_wont_install_on_dualboot_systems_microsof...
Related:
Geek in Paradise - Vista Upgrade
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| As the HP Advisor disc was in the process of finishing, the machine
| froze solid. After giving it 5 minutes of no disk activity, I reset
| the machine to be greeted by a lovely blinking cursor. I put the
| Vista disc in and booted into a repair installation, where I ran the
| Repair tool. My hunch was proved correct when it returned a corrupted
| MBR, which it had fixed. Thinking all was well, I rebooted to be
| greeted with a black screen (no blinking cursor). Well, there's
| something more going on so I rebooted into the repair tool and let
| it do it's thing. This time, it found a Corrupted Partition table
| which it then said it repaired. Awesome! Next reboot was greeted by
| the same black screen, so I figured the other partition was corrupt
| as well and let the repair tool run again and fix the partition
| table again. Reboot, same thing...
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http://geekinparadise.com/2007/04/05/vista-upgrade/
Vista scoots to new boot, but it's still kinda rooted
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| While Microsoft would like the world to believe that anyone running Windows
| has no need of any other operating system, that attitude doesn?t cut much
| mustard with many of its users.
|
| Why settle for one OS when your PC is easily capable of running two or
| more?
|
| [...]
|
| One of the more questionable tactics that Microsoft has implemented in
| Vista is to automatically overwrite any existing MBR during the
| installation process without asking if you mind or giving you an option
| to back up.
|
| Microsoft says that the Windows installation system can't intelligently
| interrogate an existing non-MS MBR, although such features are quite
| common in the install routine for other OSes.
|
| It also argues that an "official" Vista MBR is required for security
| features -- such as measured boot, which works with Trusted Platform
| Module (TPM)-enabled chips to check that the OS hasn't been hacked or
| altered each time it boots -- to work correctly.
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http://www.apcstart.com/site/akidman/2006/09/1656/vista-scoots-to-new...
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