vista 64

I read the sticky about dual boot. And I was wondering if that also applies to vista 64? If not could someone give me a step by step for installing Linux on my system? Vista Ultimate 64. Thanks

 

Vista 64-bit should not differ from any other operating system when it comes to dual booting Linux. Here are some good instructions on how to do what you are asking.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

 

:cool Thanks a bunch. I used vista Disk managment to create a 20GB partition. I had a really hard time though, and had to use Perfect disk 10 free trial, to move the files, because even after smart defrag, I was getting ACCESS is DENIED, when try to create the partition. I installed UBUNTU 9.04 64bit. I haven't really gotten much of a chance to play around yet.
I have found some cool stuff for beginners, like this here...
http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/02/13-things-to-do-immediately-after.html
Can you tell me if this is good info? or is there anything else I should know?
Is my computer more/less vulnerable while internet browsing? Any advice/tips/tricks would be great. I am switching to Ubuntu to play around. :cool

 

I am following that website instruction on the 13 things that need to be done after installing Ubuntu... and I am trying to install Avast.. But I am getting an error message.. I am quite sure it is the wrong version, it says
" dpkg: error processing avast4workstation_1.3.0-2_i386.deb"
I think this avast version is for 32 bit, since it says i386, but I can't find any instruction on how to install avast for 64 bit.. :confused

 

the 'i386.deb' part of it tells me it is for 32 bit. I don't know if they have a 64-bit version. Do you have a particular reason for wanting an antivirus.

Regardless, I heard that clamAV is a good antivirus. You can install it by typing 'sudo apt-get install clamav' into a terminal. Not sure if it has an active scanner.

 

Well the only reason I was going to install avast is cause I was reading this blog about the 13 things you should do after installing ubuntu...
http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/02/13-things-to-do-immediately-after.html
But this was for 32 bit and I really don't know what applies to 64 bit. I did manage to get my codecs installed, jand I got Java and Flash player. One more thing, Will I be able to play games like,Neverwinter nights, or Anno 1404 on Ubuntu? After reading about Ubuntu and viruses, I guess I don't rally need anything, but I did manae to get Bitdefender installed. Here are the instructions I followed. http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2009/...antivirus-on-ubuntu-with-1-year-free-license/
Thanks for the help

 

While you probably could get Neverwinter Nights to play in Ubuntu, it is typically easier to play windows games in windows

 

You can use Vista inside Ubuntu in a Virtual box.

 

how can i use a vitual box inside linux? I thought Wine was like a program or somethign but turns out it's not at all what i thought

 

Try this link.

 

great link and thanks for the help.