Working with more than 1 Linux Distro

[unwired]

Hi All

I just started using Linux a few weeks ago and so far so great.

Started off with Mandriva (KDE) and really seems to run well.

However I would like to experience another distro. Have googled it and have come up with a few choices as follows: Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora and OpenSuse.

A few questions:

1. Any ideas as to what is next best to try?

2. Also how do I install more than 1 distro on the same hard drive without deleting the 1st one or Windows.

Thanks

 

[stickytoffee]

Try out Mint and OpenSUSE next ... Mint is a very user friendly version of Ubuntu and though I haven't tried OpenSUSE myself it is apparently very decent. Stay away from fedora as its very cutting edge and things break a lot from my personal experience. Not newbie friendly...

I know Ubuntu and Mint installers will repartition your drive your you and let you do a dual boot scenario ... not sure of the OpenSUSE installer but it should be similar...

 

[Avenue]

you can also look at ultimate edition- its really just ubuntu with about 4 gigs of programs/games already installed- nice to mess around with.
you should try ubuntu next, or kubuntu (if you like the KDE desktop)
Ubuntu has a really good partition manager that runs with setup, where you will be able to partition the hard drive and install ubuntu on the second partition. Just do a back up of all important file before hand (just in case.)

 

[unwired]

you can also look at ultimate edition- its really just ubuntu with about 4 gigs of programs/games already installed- nice to mess around with.
you should try ubuntu next, or kubuntu (if you like the KDE desktop)
Ubuntu has a really good partition manager that runs with setup, where you will be able to partition the hard drive and install ubuntu on the second partition. Just do a back up of all important file before hand (just in case.)

isnt Ubuntu Ultimate Edition meant for 64bit pc's?
Would it make a diff if mines was only 32bit?

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

If your going to try something new, then do it in VirtualBox. That way you can play around without trashing your drives. Whats great about VirtualBox is that you can copy images, this is handy when you want to duplicate installs without going through the entire process again. You can also move images between PCs and/or distros!!!

Oh, and once you gone the VirtualBox route, you will not understand how you managed without it.

 

[Light]

If your going to try something new, then do it in VirtualBox. That way you can play around without trashing your drives. Whats great about VirtualBox is that you can copy images, this is handy when you want to duplicate installs without going through the entire process again. You can also move images between PCs and/or distros!!!

Oh, and once you gone the VirtualBox route, you will not understand how you managed without it.

The snapshots are also great for when you want to try out something new that might mess up the install.

 

[Avenue]

isnt Ubuntu Ultimate Edition meant for 64bit pc's?
Would it make a diff if mines was only 32bit?

As far as i know ultimate gamers edition only comes in 32 bit
not sure about ultimate edition- that may have a 64 bit version, but the main one is 32 bit.