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Originally posted by numist
As for a linux distribution, I highly reccomend you go to http://fedora.redhat.com and read up a bit. If you are serious, download some ISOs, and create a dual boot computer. The process is easier than the windows installer, even a kid could do it, and Ive never had it fail.
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I'm sorry, that last bit isn't quite true. #1: the options can be confusing (swap partition for one... first time I installed linux I'm like "wtf is a swap partition???"), and i've had even red-hat fail me. It takes a bit of persistance, and some intelligence to install linux. Do your research. you'll need to know the horizontal and vertial sync on your monitor, for example, to get Xwindows to run properly. nothing a google search won't pull up, but you have to know to look.
I'm not saying RedHat's a bad choice, it's probably what I'd suggest (I've heard Mandrake and SuSe are good for newbies, as well), but it's not as "easy" as windows is. you don't just hit "next".
Please, please please please, do all of us a favor, avoid gentoo or debian for your first run-through... You'll be ruined on linux for ever.
Good luck, and if you get stuck, a google search and reading through mailing lists will often provide the answers you need. Someone has asked your question before you did, it's up to you to find it. and if all else fails, there's always IRC
