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Originally posted by 5-0
just wondering can you have windows 98 and linux and choose between the 2 when you boot up your pc. Because i heard linux cant run wondows programs, is this true?
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Yes, via dual booting, most linux systems will install either Lilo or Grub, which allow to boot into either one. They are both very simple to use and work well..
Linux cannot run windows programs natively, i.e on its own, but there is a program called WINE, which will emulate and run windows programs, at least some of them, it has been tested to work with office, although I have never tried it myself.
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i heard this was an easy way to do win98 and linux. systemcommmander
I understand XP can dual boot, but i heard it was awkward to get it working...
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To be honest, I chose with red hat to not install a boot loader, since this is a family computer and my father would be totally lost with a boot manager.. lol
To boot into red hat on my system, during the installation I asked to have a boot disk created, it works well, and to get into linux, just put the floppy in... otherwise it will boot into windows without a problem..
Again, for people looking to switch, but are unsure, just use knoppix for a while, and see if you want to make the switch, as I mentioned above, Knoppix is great for beginners, since if you screw something up, just restart the computer and everything works again...