Any suggestions?

[skeletor]

I am thinking about installing a copy of linux but I am unsure what flavor to try any suggestions? Also will I need seperate hard drives if I want to run windows xp and linux on the same machine(not at the sametime of course)? One more question has anyone used lindows and if so how is it?

skel

[badpolarbear]

From what I understand Mandrake 10 is probably the most user friendly vesion of Linux. There is a version called Ubuntu Version 4.10 that comes with 2 cd's. One of them is a "live" cd, meaning you dont have to install it on your pc. This meaning you can check it out without having to install it on your system.

[liljim]

I would have to agree with BPB,
Mandrake 10 would be a good place to start.It dual boots well with XP and has better hardware support than previous versions.The GUI is basicly the same point and click interface (with the KDE enviroment).You can install it on the same HDD as windows as long as you have enough room although its safer to install it to another hdd, especially if you dont have any experience installing it.I can warn you ahead of time that the driver support for ATI vid cards arent very good, however nvidia and linux play nicely together.

[Gecko]

One more question has anyone used lindows and if so how is it?

I found Lindows the easiest to install, partitioning and all.
I had trouble getting the right drivers for the network card.
It has the same point and click interface as windows just a different layout.

[skeletor]

Well thanks for the replies guys...

to badpolar and liljim: I will give mandrake a try and see how I like it I have played with a version of redhat before I think it was 7 but I will try your suggestion.. although I am a bit skeptical cause I use an ati radeon 7000 but we will see what happens

to gecko: I may give lindows a try cause from what I heard it plays nicely with linux and windows apps so as long as I can install and run my games I will be good...

thanks again everyone for the replies...

[alfred26]

I am thinking about installing a copy of linux but I am unsure what flavor to try any suggestions?
skel

I think linux will be better for you.because its not get any viruses.and you can install ubuntu 4.0.