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Deozaan:
NOTE: I wrote all this before seeing the most recent 3 replies.

Anyway, there's only "x86_64"? I personally read that as 64bit-only - but it's damn annoying that 64bit x86 has been called so many things, can make the things a bit muddy. Personally I prefer x64, since you can say simple "x86" or "x64", same number of chars. A lot of linux distros prefer "i386" or "amd64", respectively... while I'm not fond of those naming conventions, at least it makes stuff pretty unambiguous.
-f0dder (January 23, 2009, 02:17 AM)
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I take it that means I should look for an i386 ISO.

Any particular reason you feel like sticking with redhat?-f0dder (January 23, 2009, 02:17 AM)
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Not especially. The main reason is just that it's what my school uses. As I'm sure you can tell, I don't know a whole lot about linux. I don't really want to worry a whole lot about getting the OS installed. I just need to be able to run the shell and get things like Java and Eclipse installed for this particular class.

However, I presume you're not going to be using your netbook as you would a full laptop or desktop, so why not consider a lean cloud-centered distro like gOS?-zridling (January 23, 2009, 06:22 AM)
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To be honest I don't know exactly what cloud-computing is, but from what I've read on other threads here at DC I've come to the impression that it's not all it's cut out to be. So I dismissed gOS when I read about it a few days ago. By the way does gOS have anything to do with Google? I was also confused. Is the OS called gOS Gadgets or are the gadgets something else entirely? :-\

I'd be happy to snailmail you a copy of the Fedora DVD if you'd like. Same goes for Ubuntu and several other distros. Let me know what you want. :)-40hz (January 23, 2009, 08:10 AM)
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Thanks for the offer, 40hz. Bandwidth isn't really a problem for me. The problem is that the Wind doesn't have an optical drive so I can't use DVDs or CDs to install anything. It might be more beneficial for me to install some virtual DVD drives on the Wind and download the ISOs myself.

What I've been trying to say is that I know that to install Windows you need to boot from the CD/DVD. Can you set up dualboot and linux from within the Windows OS? That would certainly make getting linux working a lot easier using a virtual drive.

Deozaan:
Thanks cmpm that answers my question about installing from a virtual drive.  :Thmbsup:

And thanks steeladept, f0dder, and 40hz for clearing up that 32bit issue.

Deozaan:
Thanks once again to scancode, who pointed out Wubiw to me. It's a 0.99 MB file that will download and install Ubuntu from within Windows. As mentioned before, my MSI Wind isn't due until sometime this upcoming week, but I gave Wubi a try on my older XP machine and am now exploring Ubuntu.

I'll probably just use Ubuntu instead of Fedora.

I personally think it's a lot of fun trying to figure out this new OS. So far it's been a good experience. It kind of reminds me of when my family made the transition from Windows 3.11 to Windows 95. I had a general idea of what to do in order to do what I wanted, but I had to explore the OS and menus to find out how to do those things.

Big thanks to everyone in the IRC channel who has helped me understand some of these changes! :Thmbsup: :Thmbsup: DC really is great for stuff like this. :-*

scancode:
scancode was helpful enough to help me out with nLite and USB Multiboot 10 to create a bootable USB drive so I can install Windows XP Pro SP3 on the thing
-Deozaan (January 23, 2009, 12:36 AM)
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Nope. We used nLite and HP USB Format tool. Basically turned the USB Drive on a Win98 Boot Floppy and start the XP Setup from there. USB_Multiboot refused to run on your comp, remember?

Have fun with the wind!

Deozaan:
Nope. We used nLite and HP USB Format tool. Basically turned the USB Drive on a Win98 Boot Floppy and start the XP Setup from there.-scancode (January 25, 2009, 03:34 PM)
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Thanks. I corrected the original post. :Thmbsup:

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