[DWO]

I'd love to take MS off my computer and put some version of Linux on but I'm unsure how to go about it. I've never used Linux before so I it would be a lot of help if anyone could point me in the right direction. A local office store has Red Hat 6.1, book and software packages; would this be good since I'm new to Linux? Do you have to be very knowligible about computers to be effective with Linux? Is it as simple as windoze? Thanks for any help and advice.

[MikeV]

RedHat's been around a while, and was long considered the best Linux for the "home user" or somebody that wasn't a big time guru.

That has changed.

I keep hearing nothing but wonderful things about Corel's linux, even though it's only version 1.0 (though that doesn't really matter, because they're on the current Linux kernel.)

The install takes around 10 minutes, start to finish, and (I've heard) automatically detects video, sound, and monitor!!!

I would recommend giving it a shot, but I'm not sure if they give you any partition software. If you don't have an extra Hard Drive, I would invest in Partition Magic. By far the best utility for drive partitioning, dual booting, and everything else that has to do with formatting and different filesystems.

Mike

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