Good morning,

I want to learn to use Linux. MS Windows is becoming more and more 
trouble and much more intrusive. Learning and using the Linux operating 
system is a way to begin weaning myself from Windows. I have an old Dell 
800MHz computer on my home network. The hard drive in it is one of a 
number of backup locations for my data files. Turning it into a Linux 
based machine would help me to learn the operating system.

The Dell currently has WinXP Home as the operating system, 512K of ram, 
and lots of empty disk space. Should I format the hard drive and install 
Linux on it? Would it be better to dual boot and install and run Linux 
in a separate partition on the machine? How do I install Linux and set 
it up to dual boot with Linux and WinXP? Will I loose connectivity with 
my home network if I install Linux on the Dell computer?

Thanks in advance for the help and guidance.

Loy

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On Judgement Day how are you going to tell God that you haven't read His Book????

God's first name is NOT "Oh-my"!

http://www.missionprinting.us/
http://www.emorychristians.org/



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