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I now have 5 OS's in my house
Topic Started: Sep 12 2005, 03:44 PM (225 Views)
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although 2 are windows deviants and 3 are linux deviants, i technically have 5 separate OS's in my house.

i personally use XP Pro atm and on the computer i am fixing up and modding for my girlfriend, Windows ME. Dont diss it, i set it up perfect where the blue screen never shows.

anyways, i just currently acquired 2 new distros on Linux froma magazine and am considering running 3 separate Linux OS's on 1 HD.

if i get a 60 or 80gb HD i was thinking of triple partitioning the thing to run Ubuntu 5.04, Fedora Core 4, and Debian 3.1. then figuring out which one i like the most, then De-partition the thing and just load up the one i like the best, then set it up to dual boot with my windows XP.


does that seem like too much pointless work?

If i build custom systems, and the customer asks for one of those 3 linux distros to be installed, i can install for free and copy the disk correct?
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Wow. I thought I was bad with all 4 windows, and a live cd for linux. :P
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@ Iostream:
Seems like the best way to find out what you want.
Go for it, I say.

@ Luke6006:
All 4 windows?
Aren't there way more? :P

Hmmz, I also have 5.
(XP, Win95, Ubuntu, Knoppix and Mandrake. Though the only thing currently being used is XP :P )
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Well, yeah. But I meant 4 computers. With Windows on them. :P
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again my major question, is if i began building and selling custom computer boxes, with an OS installed am i allowed to give away installs of Debian 3.1 and Fedora Core 4?

i know i can with ubuntu but im not sure about the other 2
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Debian:
According to http://www.debian.org/intro/free its free software, that you may alter and distribute freely.

Fedora:
In http://fedora.redhat.com/about/faq/ you can read:
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Q:  Can I redistribute The Fedora Project?
A: Yes, and we strongly encourage you to do so. You will need to comply with The Fedora Project trademark rules.


So I'm pretty sure you can give away installs of both.
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