Ubuntu 10.04

Okay, well, I have my main 1tb disk partitioned with two different operating systems; Windows XP, and Windows 7.

Now what I want to know, is if I attempt to install the new Ubuntu 10.04 on the hard drive, and partition the drive for that install, will I be able to choose between all three operating systems?

I am thinking that I can, but just want some input on this.

Another thing that I am wondering about, will ATI crossfire work with Ubuntu?

Aron will have to help you with the first part. I've always done separate drives with manual boot switchers in my builds, with only a couple exceptions.

In regards to the second question, I'm pretty sure that Crossfire has been supported in Linux since the HD4800 series came out, but as an nVidia man I'm not sure how functional it is.

Thanks for the quick response Tornado!! Yea, I have been an Nvidia fan for several years myself, but fell into a pair of HD4850's for ultra cheap, and man, they really do rock.

None the less, there is many discussions on how it works in crossfire, and how some and some do not get cards working. Of course maybe the new drivers do work great, as the latest questions on that is early in 09.

GRUB will handle the nitty gritty of finding the Windows OSes and giving you the choice on boot. So, yes.

ATI Crossfire will work with the proprietary fglrx driver provided by ATI.

That being said, Nvidia still works a load better than ATI even though ATI releases documentation and specs. The open source drivers for ATI are getting better, though.

I'm going to move this into software. I don't mind questions for staff being asked. We can't know everything and it doesn't hurt the image.

thanks a ton for responding Aron :-)

I agree with moving it, just didn't really know for sure, so I figured I would put it here first man.

Got a question for you all in regards to Ubuntu:

How good is it for gaming? I mean for games like SimCity 4 Deluxe, SnapCity, etc. I'm curious, cause if it's good enough, I think I will switch to it from XP SP3 that I'm running now to avoid the hassles I have to put up with it right now. (The only thing I think I'd lose is iTunes, and that really isn't much of a problem, unless you consider all the movies I have.)

Worse than Macs, sadly. The only game I've ever run in it is the original Rollercoaster Tycoon in Wine, but Wine compatibility is far from universal.

That doesn't sound that bad. I don't have any real modern games except for C&C 3: Tiberium Wars.

Wonder what the best media player in Ubuntu is?

Edit: Just did some research, and it's (SimCity 4 Deluxe) not perfect on WINE. Looks like I'll be building a new rig (and a home server) before I switch this one to Ubuntu.

Many newer games work better on WINE than older ones.

Also Unreal Tournament 2004 runs great on Ubuntu. It actually has the installer for Linux on the disk.

Be proud of me. I spent most of yesterday ditching the manual drive switcher and running everything through Grub 2 instead. Which would have been a lot faster except for one particularly stupid thing that I did, but still.