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Old January 12th, 2011, 08:10 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bobcat331 View Post
I watched the video and thats bad ass. I allways heard people talk about linux and I wanted to try it. Is this something anybody can try or do I need to be a computer whiz? I'm not too sharp on the partitioning thing but I do have a spare hhd I could put it on. Is most windows programs compatable (Sound card,Graffix card,etc)? Lastly why isn't linux prone to viruses?[
less than 10% desktop market share = few viruses
Ubuntu actually supported more of my hardware than the 4 times larger Windows 7 did, so it should be fine for most of your stuff
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Edit: I have a AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+. Do I have to use the 64 bit or will the 32 bit work with that processor?
use 64 bit
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