Another Newb...

[chris_knows]

Lately, I've beeen hearing a lot about Linux and have been getting curious...why is it better than Windows and are there any programs that don't work with it? I've been thinking of dropping Windows because its pretty unstable and uses so many processes that I know it doesn't need. While looking through the forums, I saw that there's a lot of different editions of Linux...Which one would be best for someone who has little to no "scripting" knowledge (not sure if that's what it's called lol). Also, is it possible to set up a dual-boot so that I can still keep XP and Linux?...Without having to reformat?

Thanks for any help in advance

[oz]

Welcome to the forums, chris

For "which distro" check the link in my signature. Yes, you can dual-boot with Linux and XP. You will need to make some new partitions and format them, but you won't need to format your entire drive.

[chris_knows]

Thanks for the quick reply! Sorry, I missed that section...I took the quiz, and one of the "distro's" that it gave me was Ubuntu, which I've heard about before and it's free, so I'm going to try that lol. I'm not too good with partitioning and dual booting but I did a quick search, and is this how it should be done?:
-Burn Ubuntu on a disk
-Insert the CD while booting, and select to have it install using free space.

Thanks for the help so far .

[oz]

Sounds like you are on the right track. After playing with Ubuntu for a while, you might try another distro by installing it onto your old Ubuntu partitions. After you've experimented with two or three distros, you'll begin to get a feel for what you are looking for in Linux.

Above all, have fun with it!

I'm locking this thread now, so if you should have other questions, start a new thread. Good luck.