If you want to keep both the os, better first install windows and leave some space unpartitioned. Later, you can go ahead and install the Linux on it.
As a beginner you can try Ubuntu. Also you can try suse. Although have never used it personally but have heard a lot about it. May be the senior members of the forum will be able to give you more incite on it. Welcome to the club!! Smruti On Jan 18, 2008 12:19 PM, Parthan SR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Siddharth Shekhar wrote: > > Hello,, > > > > I am a student and i want to expertise in LINUX as u all are. > Welcome to the club! > > > > But need your help. Which Linux to install.. Which one is more suitable > for > > beginner,, > Sarcasm: Linux 2.6.22-14 or above > Reply: Linux is the kernel. When we pack the kernel with all the > utilities you need, we call it as a GNU/Linux Distribution. To know > what's hot and what's not check this out, http://distrowatch.com/ > > > > Can u give me idea how to install it? > > > > I have my laptop wid Windows Xp installed in it. > > I want to use windows xp too not only linux. > Every distribution has documentation and it surely will have one on how > to install. The distribution I use has one, > https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/installation-guide/i386/index.html > > Installing Linux is not hard. Almost all distros have a nice GUI > installer which will help you install with just some mouse clicks and > typing. There are only a few steps where you have to be careful, > especially when you want to dual boot with Windows as well. Read the > docs, they will guide you. :) > > - -- > With Regards, > Parthan aka Technofreak > > [GPG] :0x2FF01026 > [web] :http://technofreak.in > [blog] :blog.technofreak.in > [photos]:photos.technofreak.in > [irc] :teKnofreak @ irc.freenode.net (#linux-india) > [mobile]:BLR +919845446647 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHkEvjk4vYYS/wECYRApGqAJ91w2hJbCbPoOOVEZmtiXqFSTHdJgCfT54U > wx7IaECgcoMi2zulewvZRKE= > =ruhS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." ~John Burroughs _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
