Mitt3ns
November 22nd, 2010, 11:16 PM
Hello Ubuntu forums! Been a long time since I have been here :)
Well after taking a break from the whole computing world, I've decided its time to cannonball back in as I am in my second year of college double majoring in CSE (computer science & engineering) and CIS! Think that I'm ready to buckle down and really get to know the Linux system instead of just dipping my toes in ;P
So, right now I have in my box a 160g drive and an 80g drive. I've been using the 80g as a drive just for storage (music/media/pictures [I'm a photographer with LOTS of pictures taking up space]) , while I run a dual-boot of Windows/Some variant of Linux on the 160g!
- I'm wondering if maybe I should be re-thinking my style of storage, and just possibly use the Windows as a full install on the 160g and maybe full install Ubuntu on the 80g? Seems like it would make more sense, as then I wouldn't have to bug with mounting/unmounting and bothering with accessing my media/misc stuff.
- Or would maybe running a full install Ubuntu on the 160g with VMWare to run windows applications (images stored on the 80g)?
I know in my upcoming classes I will be doing quite a bit of C++ programming, and dipping into Linux later on. So it seems like keeping Windows would be a good idea as I do enjoy being able to hop onto it without hoping Wine will convert the program well.
Any ideas/opinions would be very much welcomed! Looking forward to turning my computing hobby into a career, and coming home to programming homework ;)
- Mitt3ns
Well after taking a break from the whole computing world, I've decided its time to cannonball back in as I am in my second year of college double majoring in CSE (computer science & engineering) and CIS! Think that I'm ready to buckle down and really get to know the Linux system instead of just dipping my toes in ;P
So, right now I have in my box a 160g drive and an 80g drive. I've been using the 80g as a drive just for storage (music/media/pictures [I'm a photographer with LOTS of pictures taking up space]) , while I run a dual-boot of Windows/Some variant of Linux on the 160g!
- I'm wondering if maybe I should be re-thinking my style of storage, and just possibly use the Windows as a full install on the 160g and maybe full install Ubuntu on the 80g? Seems like it would make more sense, as then I wouldn't have to bug with mounting/unmounting and bothering with accessing my media/misc stuff.
- Or would maybe running a full install Ubuntu on the 160g with VMWare to run windows applications (images stored on the 80g)?
I know in my upcoming classes I will be doing quite a bit of C++ programming, and dipping into Linux later on. So it seems like keeping Windows would be a good idea as I do enjoy being able to hop onto it without hoping Wine will convert the program well.
Any ideas/opinions would be very much welcomed! Looking forward to turning my computing hobby into a career, and coming home to programming homework ;)
- Mitt3ns