Thread: Linux

Hello Guys,

I need some direction. You see I am experimenting with Linux (which is not such an easy transition for someone spoiled with Windows all their lives). What good graphing programs are there? Similar to the user-friendly "graph" that I currently use.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Jhevon

Hello Guys,

I need some direction. You see I am experimenting with Linux (which is not such an easy transition for someone spoiled with Windows all their lives). What good graphing programs are there? Similar to the user-friendly "graph" that I currently use.

Thanks

Try using "graph" under wine (the windows emulator).

RonL

Originally Posted by CaptainBlack

Try using "graph" under wine (the windows emulator).

RonL

Nevermind, I think I destroyed Linux I must be the only person ever to do that. I was updating it to a new version, but I left the computer. the battery ran out while it was updating, so it cut off. now it won't work, so i'm back on windows.

i'm going to have to re-install it

I've never tried Linux, but at least to me windows works perfectly.

Originally Posted by Krizalid

I've never tried Linux, but at least to me windows works perfectly.

i don't have a problem with windows either. however, i am doing things at school now that require Linux, because that's what my professor is working with. there are virtues to having Linux still, but i guess i don't think they are that important...

Why not just run linux in a virtual machine using something like VMware or Parallels?

Originally Posted by bobak

Why not just run linux in a virtual machine using something like VMware or Parallels?

i have heard of VMware, but have little experience with it...neither do i think it's free. never heard of Parallels before. Since Linux is free and i had space to spare on my computer, i opted for the dual-boot system thing

VMware Player, virtual machine, virtual PC - VMware

VMware player is free

Originally Posted by bobak

VMware Player, virtual machine, virtual PC - VMware

VMware player is free

ok. so here's what happened. if i am to use VMware, i suppose i'd need the space that i have Linux installed on. since Linux was not working anyway, i decided i was just going to delete the operating system altogether and go back to my single-boot system. however, i am unable to do this successfully. whenever i delete the partition Linux resides in, and restart, grub just tells me there's an error, and doesn't go into windows automatically as i hoped it would. i had to reinstall Linux and now i'm back to square one, where this thread began.

i want to try the VMware route though. how do i get my system back to a single-boot system? that is, remove the Linux OS and get back my Windows OS with 100% of the hard disk space available to it