-  booting from a CD

- starting from DOS

-  or even using actual 3.5 or even 5 1/4 inch older format floppy discs

now with more modern , more up to date and powerful computers the options have increased with the advent of integrated powered USB drives.

As well the actual size of the installation program and programs have increased greatly in size , functions and overall complexity.

Wit these powered USB hubs, and the wrath of new available media , that has also come down vastly in price while increasing exponentially in sizes have increased the options of boot devices for installs as well as the overall Linux install convenience.   These include – flash drives , external cd/dvd drives to a great degree ( if will work when powered up and attached to the booting computer- not all seem to be supported , there does not seem to a CD/ DVD reader standard for this ) , flash drives , other flash memory formats such as SD and “Flash ” cards if a reader is built into the computer or a usb based convertor available, and external USB hard drives , or even other hard drives attached to the IDE or Sata connectors on the  computer motherboards.

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Of course the correct or appropriate boot device must be chosen in the bios of the computer on which the Linux distro is to be installed.

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Mac OS 10 is primarily UNIX , rock solid with a Graphics User Interface – GUI. Linux in turn is based on this initial very powerful , very solid computer operating system. Linux is Unix for the Mac.

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Macs previously used Motorola based chip sets and processors. Macs now are Intel based – that is they use standard PC type components.

The question that begs then is why bother with the flavors of Linux and not simply use the Mac current OS X based computers.

This is a very good question and should merit introspection and focus by novice computer ( or beginner Linux users ) wanted to learn the Linux or Unix based computer operating systems either for its power and features or as option to the mainstream Microsoft windows and vista systems.

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This is a Linux install option that many find easiest – their computer is set up already, it is conveniently placed all with supporting hardware – be it a mouse ,keyboard , printer , scanner or all in one unit.

However if the computer is part of a network – be it part of an office or home lan  and if that computer serves as a server – be it a print server or lan security gateway this may present issues.  In this case the computer will have to be and running fully.  In addition the device drivers and installs for the peripherals – need to installed and capable of  working with and integrating with the other computer and their operating systems on the network.

One additional option is to have two computers available – one for the standard windows installation and another for Linux.  One monitor can serve two running computers at the same time with a simple KVM switch.  With a KVM switch setup the computer operator can switch back and forth between the two working computers in a snap by a simple keyboard routine on the one keyboard.  Simple as pie.

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Linux will run a large number of programs concurrently

2) Sharing with other computer operating systems

Linux , can coexist on the same computer as other operating systems.  As an example you can choose to multi or dual boot.  For example the same computer can be setup to have either Microsoft Windows / Microsoft Vista or Linux on the very same computer

3) Developer tools

Linux is bundled with a wealth of computer software development tools for programmers whether that on the particular installed distro , online or in book form.  Your distro of choice will come bundled with a number of software development tools which may include Perl, Python or C++ tools

4) Networking

Linux provides more than the ideal environment to run web as well as FTP servers.  Linux’s history is that its origins delve back to the UNIX operating systems .  Networking capabilities are more than excellent and exceptional in depth and breadth.

5) Modular

Because Linux itself i based on intrinsic modules it can be stripped down from its most sophisticated forms , which require tens of gigabytes of hard drive space to run from just a solitary single floppy disk

6) Security

Linux is more than highly regarded for its security features.  Only the security administrator is allowed to make system level changes.   System level changes may include such events and practices as installing or uninstalling software, changing passwords as well as making changes to individual’s access privileges .  In addition at present linux is more free of viral , computer viruses , spyware, malware and greyware threats.

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