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Originally Posted by cromag
Then I'll install Linux (probably Ubuntu, but I'm not a fan of the new Unity desktop) as a dual boot system -- the new drive is large enough,
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Ubuntu defaults to Unity (if the machine can run it), but you aren't tied to it. You can use apt-get to install something else.
I run Ubuntu on an ancient Fujitsu notebook and a more modern homebrew desktop. The notebook
can't run Unity[/i]. It has onboard graphics based on an ATI Rage Mobility chipset, and doesn't have the horsepower. I use Lxde there, as the lightest weight alternative.
The desktop will run Unity, but an interface designed for a notebook screen falls down on a 23" monitor. There, I run XFCE4.
For dual booting, you might look at installing Ubuntu using WUBI. The WUBI installer installs Ubuntu on the Windows file system, and adds a boot entry to the standard Windows boot menu. Windows sees the Ubuntu installation as one
huge file. Ubuntu sees it as a Linux file system, using whatever FS you prefer. (I use ext4.)
On a current machine, access is fast enough that the additional overhead of not having a "native" install generally isn't noticeable.
I found an open source driver for Windows that does read/write access to Linux file systems, and Ubuntu can see and read/write NTFS.
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and there are a couple of Windows programs I use for which there are no good Linux alternatives.
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Which ones?
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Dennis