# Friends, Dopers, Linux users, lend me your links!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481 "2008-03-07T18:57:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481/1 "2008-03-07T18:57:19Z")

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I am going to be wiping my hard drives this weekend and doing a dual install of Windows XP and Ubuntu on both my desktop and laptop. The idea is to eventually get rid of Windows all together.

What links can the collective suggest that will make my migration go easier?

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481/2 "2008-03-07T19:11:26Z")

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When I installed Linux on my Inspiron 1501 (dual-boot), I found this [link](http://blog.genewilburn.com/archives/30) very helpful. And remember to give yourself plenty of swap space.

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481/3 "2008-03-08T05:32:07Z")

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What do you run on the Windows side, games, or just productivity apps?

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481/4 "2008-03-08T06:22:35Z")

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> **[Ubuntu Forums](https://ubuntuforums.org/index.php)**
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> A help and support forum for Ubuntu Linux.

> **[Ubuntu Forums](https://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=136)**
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> A help and support forum for Ubuntu Linux.

> **[Enterprise Open Source and Linux | Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/)**
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> Ubuntu is the modern, open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dopers-linux-users-lend-me-your-links/440481/5 "2008-03-08T06:51:35Z")

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> **[Linux on Laptops](https://linux-laptop.net)**
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> Linux Laptops: Resource for installing Linux on laptop and notebook computers. What laptop and which distribution combines well.

Install windows FIRST. You can do it the other way around, but trust me, you don’t want to. Just leave the disk space for linux unpartitioned. Linux will partition it to what it needs when it installs.

Most recent versions of linux I have put onto laptops have been fairly straightforward. I’ve had difficulty getting wireless interfaces to work, but everything else usually does fine. You may have to do some cryptic file editing to get the video to work properly, but usually not.