Submission + - Going Linux
KingAlanI writes: "I'm strongly considering going Linux, if not right now, the next time I get a computer.
I am looking for opinions as the best way to start out with Linux
I have a couple Windows machines already, but I want to avoid wiping them (for instance,
if I want to use some Windows software that doesn't behave with WINE or the like).
How would one go about installing Linux on a PC w/o wiping Windows? Is this easy? Does it
run quickly, whatever OS I boot into?
How about buying a computer that just has Linux on it? Are there good OEMs that do this?
(This ought to gain me a major benefit of Linux — i.e. the lower cost)
What would you say is the essential Linux software (I can think of Firefox/Konqueror,
OpenOffice, and perhaps WINE or something like it)
what users' guide might you suggest for me"
