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Thundaar · 07-15-2007, 04:20 PM

First off, I have an Acer Aspire 5000 with 512 Megabytes of RAM and 80 Gigabytes of Hard Drive Space (partitioned into C:\ drive and D:\ drive) with an AMD Turion64 Processor.

I was wondering if it's smart to install two separate OS's (I don't know if I should go for Linux or Vista) on this Laptop.

I also wanted to know what Linux version I should get and what Linux is for.

Another thing that really has been bothering me is that I always have 55 processes or more running on this laptop. I don't which ones are necessary to keep running and which ones to end.

To add to this question I was wondering if I could permanently terminate processes from ever starting up again. I always see aolservice.exe on the process list and I don't want AOL on my computer at all. I have AIM, but I really don't know if this process is associated with it since aim6.exe is another process that runs when AIM is open.

Any answers are appreciated. Thanks in advance!

07-15-2007, 04:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thundaar Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 123 OS: MCE	A Couple of Questions First off, I have an Acer Aspire 5000 with 512 Megabytes of RAM and 80 Gigabytes of Hard Drive Space (partitioned into C:\ drive and D:\ drive) with an AMD Turion64 Processor. I was wondering if it's smart to install two separate OS's (I don't know if I should go for Linux or Vista) on this Laptop. I also wanted to know what Linux version I should get and what Linux is for. Another thing that really has been bothering me is that I always have 55 processes or more running on this laptop. I don't which ones are necessary to keep running and which ones to end. To add to this question I was wondering if I could permanently terminate processes from ever starting up again. I always see aolservice.exe on the process list and I don't want AOL on my computer at all. I have AIM, but I really don't know if this process is associated with it since aim6.exe is another process that runs when AIM is open. Any answers are appreciated. Thanks in advance!