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Not sure what you mean, but any of the distro forums will give you a definitive answer, if someone here doesn't answer you first.
 

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There's FreeNAS that may do what you want
 

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Windows 8 Storage Spaces = multiple hard drives all seem as the same drive letter - would make it a lot easier to setup my media player and YaDIS.
 

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Tivù said:
Each to their own: The many Linux distros have a massive following, but come in flavours from the high-level (eg Mint, which a total dodo can use "out of the box") through to heavily cut down ones (low-level) that can be infinitely customised in every single respect.

Upsides: Free; Customisable; Much Support; Great Fun

Downsides: Whilst there are Applications covering most functions you'd expect from Windows Programmes, there are some notable omissions. In some of the latter cases, there is a feature called WINE that enables Windows Programmes to be installed. But not always, and not necessarily with ease.

For that reason, I dual-boot the Crunchbang Distro (Low-level) with Win 7 on my Netbook, so I can carry on using Microsoft Money (The best Programme they ever made, yet sadly no longer supported).

Horses for courses.

But if you want to try without risk, many Distros can be burnt to a Live CD or Live USB stick that you can Boot from directly without touching your Hard Drive.
Thanks. I think I´ll try installing from a CD and have a play. sounds indeed fun. The program support does worry me because I own lots of useful software. Anyhow, I´´ll give it a try.
As for Microsoft Money. I did use it until I discovered Money Manager from moneysoft. Works really well.
 

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Juan69 said:
Thanks. I think I´ll try installing from a CD and have a play. sounds indeed fun. The program support does worry me because I own lots of useful software. Anyhow, I´´ll give it a try.
As for Microsoft Money. I did use it until I discovered Money Manager from moneysoft. Works really well.

I'll have a shufti. Ta,
 

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Juan69 said:
Thanks. I think I´ll try installing from a CD and have a play. sounds indeed fun. The program support does worry me because I own lots of useful software. Anyhow, I´´ll give it a try.
As for Microsoft Money. I did use it until I discovered Money Manager from moneysoft. Works really well.


But you can always Dual Boot ..................
 

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Yes that is another interesting tempting aspect.
 

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For those that use or want to try Puppy Linux, here is a link to a version that is very slick and works exactly the same - a Pup with a glossy coat if you will.....
h***://lxpup.weebly.com/
 

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Well i've got PearLinux on my PC now and i think its brilliant. its just like using my old iMac again :D

Its the first time i've stuck a 64bit system on this PC (Dell Optiplex GX620 3Gb, Pentium D cpu, 4Gb RAM )and it works really well and is a lot faster than Windows XP 32bit, although unfortunately some of my software only works in Windows so i have had to set it up as dual boot with about 30gb dedicated to windows and the other 470gb for linux :D I would have run XP 64bit other than for some unknown reason theres no 64 bit drivers on the Dell website. They were never made.

I can also swap stuff between the two which is useful. Both systems are fine writting to the 1TB secondary drive in the PC.

Nano
 

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Looks like an Apple - I'll avoid that one then!
 

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How that AS?

I always found Mac OSX a better operating system than anything Microshaft ever came out with :D
 

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I hate Apples and anything to do with them with a passion. The way the desktop looks on them just presses all my buttons.....
 

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I hate Apples .... just presses all my buttons.....
Well that would be because there's only one functioning one on a Mac mouse...
 

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Analoguesat said:
I hate Apples and anything to do with them with a passion.......
No cider for you then......
 

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excollier said:
I just wish I could ditch Windows and go totally linux. I quite fancy a #!, Linux Mint and Debian Triple boot, but it'll never happen
I'm dual booting OSX 10.6.5 Snow Leopard and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my Compaq 6820s (HP) laptop.

I find all the Window$ programms that I want to run ( Photoshop included ) run fine under the WINE system with no problems.

--http://www.winehq.org/
 

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Not interested in Wine, i'm more interested on how you got you Compaq laptop to run OSX.

Running OSX on my PC would be fantastic as i know my way around OSX as much as Windows :D
 

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nano said:
...I'm more interested on how you got your Compaq laptop to run OSX.
I got my Compaq to work using info from this thread and adding some kernel extensions for the ATI graphics chip

_http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/264411-hp-compaq-6820s-sl-fully-working/page__hl__%2Bhp+%2Bcompaq+%2B6820s

I've also got my ASROCK H77 quad core Xeon to work running Mounain Lion 10.8.2 using info from here:

_http://www.tonymacx86.com/home.php

Snow Leopard 10.6.3 can be obtained from the UK Mac store for £ 14

_http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

You need this disk in order to get the Mac "App Store App" so that you can download the Mountain Lion upgrade as it is not available on a DVD.

I am going to try and get my Vivobook S400 to work using info from here:

_http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-lion-laptop-support/78488-asus-vivobook-s200-x202-good.html
 

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It appears i have to use Kallyway 10.5.2 to get my PC running OSX. I will have to have a play when i have a bit of spare time.

Nano
 
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