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PicturesYou are hereWhat's the best way to integrate Linux with Windows Vista on the same computer?
What's the best way to integrate Linux with Windows Vista on the same computer?
I'm planning a future set-up: I plan on running the latest version of Ubuntu as the primary operating system. I'll use it for most all computing needs. I'll have Wine as well, to hopefully play games and Windows-only applications. I'm thinking about buying Vista Ultimate though, for the handful of games that have a very hard time running in Linux, even with Wine. Is this a good idea?
If so, how should I set up my hard drives? I'll have two 400 GB hard drives in a RAID-0 array. Should I have three partitions, all NTFS, one for Vista, one for Ubuntu, and one for media/games? Or will it be faster/more reliable to have everything on one partition?
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I have vista because I got stuck with it when I bought my laptop I hate it because there is always something wrong or you install a game or something that is supposed to work with vista and you have to clear the hard drive and don't know why you have to do it. I would say just use XP because vista will screw you over in the long run.
I would have two ntfs partitions for vista and windows games, two ext3 partitions for ubuntu / and home.
Other partitions for media etc are up to you. (use ext3)
If you install vista first, then Ubuntu, the linux install should automatically set up a dual boot.
You don't really need vista ultimate if all you want to use it for are games. Go for XP or vista basic.
If you are considering putting windows on you computer then remove the wine and put all your games in windows. Not only it will run better, it will also make use of resources much more efficient, compared to running them on wine.
RAID-1: Are you sure you want it to be this way? I only use this type of raid if I also have raid 1 (combined they will be raid 10). This type of raid means "if one disk fails, the entire cluster of disk fails". If you are going to use raid 0 for faster io, run applications in wine, install windows on a separate partition, then I may say that you are not making the most out of your computer
Partitions: Ubuntu cant be installed on NTFS, they are meant to run on ext2, ext3 or lvm.
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