1 how do u dual-boot from windows to linux 2.what are the best programming languages to learn?

Question

with question 1. put it in plain english please

Answer 1

I installed a Dual boot system a few years ago.

The proceedure I used was:
1.) Install Windows on the drive first
2.) Use DriveWorks or Partition Commander to repartition the Windows drive and make it smaller to provide room for the Linux Partitions. There is also a free partitioning software called FIPS which may be on your Linux install disk
3.) Install Linux

A Linux program called GRUB provided user selection dual boot functionality


A good book with excellent how is "Linux for Dummies"

Answer 2

1. If you have them both installed, then it will ask you when it's booting up which operating system you want to load.

2. This depends on what you want to do. If you want a very fast program, then write it in C++. You can use Python to do a lot of cool things to pull different languages together. The drawback is that it is a little slower than C or C++. Perl is another good scripting language. Java is an okay language to learn, but if I had the choice, I would write code in C#. I really love C#. It is a good language especially if you want to do windows programming. It sure beats MFC.

Answer 3

This is what I do. If you are using Windows XP do a new installation (back up your files first).

When prompted I delete all partitions.

I then create a partition for windows E.G. 50 percent and install Windows.

Then I insert the Linux disk. Once I get to the desktop I select install and follow the prompts.

When it gets to partitioning I select install in the largest free space.

Try this with UBUNTU. If you have 256MB of RAM get the full version. If less, get XUBUNTU.

Answer 4

q2 - perl is nice for quick scripts and text utilities. Javascript is nice for online stuff.