[LMB] AKICOTL: Computer Question

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:50:29 -0500, douglas winston <douglas_winston at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

> I had planned to setup my computer as a dual boot
> system I was strongly discouraged from taking that risk.

Not so much risky as possibly hard to handle for a novice. I've dual-booted, myself, but the bootloaders can be tricky.

> Since I had been running MSDoS 5.0, I now think that
> was good advice. While waiting for my Windoze computer,
> I bought a used computer and installed Red Hat Linux 7.3,
> so I did end up with the ability to use Linux but
> no pressing need. Is there a newsgroup for tyro Linux users?

I've tried Red Hat, but the differences from Windows were offputting. I prefer the Debian distros, like Ubuntu, Kubuntu and my favourite Xandros. 

Linux user forums tend to the snarky, especially where newbies are concerned, I'm afraid ... one of the reasons I stick with Xandros is that forums.xandros.com is a very friendly place. 

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