In case of future inquiries from newbies like me, this is worth passing on:
Calgary-based Dawson Technologies ( http://www.dawsonpc.com/index.asp?c=cac ) will sell you a PC with Linux preinstalled. If ONLY I'd known before I bought a Dell.... I spent the entire weekend (and wasted $100 on PartitionMagic) -- first trying to install a dual boot for Red Hat 8 and XP. When that failed, I did a standalone Red Hat install. But I was never able to configure the modem and the display is a mess. Now I'm back on the old 200MHz and trying to find someone who will set up a dual boot for Linux and Windows. If Linux is ever going to make it on the desktop, non-technical people like me need to be able to buy it preinstalled. Pat Roche
