Good idea to move entirely from windows to linux?

[Capslock118]

Here is another Linux question.

I have 4 HDD's, one is used as for the distro (currently Ubuntu), 2 are SATA and set-up as a stripping RAID, and then there is another that hold my installed games, music, videos, programs, and the such.
I have been using linux more and more lately, and I am seriously considering moving to Linux as my main OS

My question to all of you:
Would it be practicle to move my 160Gbs of data from NTFS to a linux file system (dont worry about which type, that is for later discussion)

On my RAID I only have 20GBs allocated as the Windows installation, the rest is not partitioned, so I would be able to move all my data from NTFS to a linux filesystem on that, and them transfer them back to their original locations on the other drive once a linux file system is on that.

Here is my main reasons for doing this a) I am using ubuntu more and more, b) I am really starting to like the major change of pace from windows and finally c) the most important reason is that I have a 64-bit proc. and no 64-bit OS (and I will not be moving to vista any time soon)

[Lord Illidan]

There are still some issues with 64 bit in the flash department for example...

And are you sure you don't want to dualboot? Games etc all work in Linux?

[Sef]

I would dual boot, so you can get used to Linux. Read the Illustrated Dual Boot (http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/).

[dorcssa]

Here is another Linux question.
c) the most important reason is that I have a 64-bit proc. and no 64-bit OS (and I will not be moving to vista any time soon)

There's is a 64 bit edition of xp, so there is 64 bit OS for win. I'm sure, cos my boyfriend use it. :D
But aside, you can erase your win if you want to. Though first make sure you don't need any program that you can only use with it. (ex. games :D) ;)

[AndyCooll]

Well ...it's always a good idea to move entirely from *******!!

Equally however, there may be practical reasons as to why it isn't!

I think the timing is dependent on circumstances. When I eventually took the plunge I was only played one XP game (and that I can use an XP VMware image for that), I had resolved just about all problems I'd initially had, and even though I had a dual-boot system I was never booting in to XP.

I've never regretted taking the plunge!

:cool:

[Capslock118]

AndyColl, that is very inspirational to hear.

Basically what I am really looking at here is moving all my files to a Linux file system. Is this practical?

I still intend to dual boot, I have a raid that has 20gb allocated, and the rest (about 160gb) completely free to use, so I would still be able to dual boot to windows if need be.

Also, I run a dc++ hub at my school so I really would need to stay in one OS in order to keep that running (alot of people would get frustrated constantly having to change their settings to point to a new IP for the hub.)

So, is moving my files from NTFS to say, reiserFS, ext3, or any other Linux file system a good idea?

*edit* I do have windows 64bit, but I have had many problems with it in terms of application and game compatibility so I dont intend to go back to it.....

Speaking of the games, I posted a thred asking about wine vs. cedega, maybe you could gander at that post and inform me?