ok i recently got a new 60Gb HDD, and wanted to put linux on one petition and Win98SE on the other.
as my dad has a few diffrent copys of Linux i wanted to ask him if he would consider doing it for me.
i'd like to do this as i want to use Linux and see what the advantage's of it are.
could you help please in this decistion.
what Linux version is best, what programs are good.
and maybe some sites of intreast
1. What version is best?
a. None. They all differ only slightly, and even then, it's opinion. There are some distributions geared toward beginners though, like Fedora and Mandrake.
2.Advantages.
a. I could go on and on. What I find to be its biggest advantages are:
freedom. You have complete control over your OS, down to the source code. If you want customizability, linux is it.
Security. You wont have issues with viruses, spyware, or any of that crap. Of course, you should still run a firewall, but your system is naturally more secure with any version of UNIX, because of its strong permissions system.
Stability. Linux really doesn't crash. Even with bad drivers, your system is going to stay up. One program cant bring down everything like in Windows. And we're talking Linux stays stable with THOUSANDS of users connected at once, try that with Windows.
Power. This goes with freedom. There are loads of professional apps available for linux, all free. No need to spend money on Photoshop, VisualStudio, and others. You can use GIMP, GCC, etc.
Strong Community. There are many linux-help sites out there, and the documentation on linux is great (except for some APIs, but thats a different rant).
Its Not Microsoft. Need I say more? (sorry, had to troll).
3. Sites of interest.
Thanks for the info contrasutra
well, there's a firewall on my dads pc, if your thinking so what, then i might explain.
all the pc's in my house are connected together, they all use the same modem and they all use the firewall, alough i think my dad put that on the router he uses to connect us all. no idea though, but i know one is active 24/7
i'll ask him either late tonight or tomoro as he's at work >.<
but i want Linux and i dout he'll say no, with out a really good reason. :who's your daddy:
go for the linuix it is 10x better than windows. Most programs now work on linuix you know!
ummmm....no they don't. unless you run them from wine or winex which reduces quality
bah.... :goku's job: Linux didn't want to work... it didn't like my hardware 
im gonna try and get my dad to put xp on my pc, as well still having 98SE 
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