Re: FN-FORUM MS takes control

date posted 1st July 2002 21:04

On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Paul J White wrote:

> I have found out things today and am considering a dual boot setup as a toe
> in the water - I can't see me ditching Windows yet, despite its regular
> crashes. Anyone tell me how much HD space I would need to install Linux
> alongside Win and what is an easy to use distro for the novice?

I reckon Red Hat is a pretty good choice as it's pretty well-tested before
release, current, and has plenty of users (implying plenty of support out
there). I'm biased as I've been using it since '95 and have gotten used to
its foibles. You probably want at least 1-2GB set aside for a reasonably
well-equipped (X, GNOME/KDE, OpenOffice, Apache...) Linux install.

> Cheers, Paul.

Best Regards,
Alex.
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