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I wanna multiboot with XP, some version of Linux, and maybe another, what's my best choice?

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aka1nas

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I have been running windows XP for a while now, I have plenty of storage, and I do program for school, so I thought that maybe it would be cool to dual or even multi-boot a few OS'es. I tried using Linux before, with mandrake 7 I believe, but I had so many compatability problems(I was on dial-up, and I didn't know enough about computers then to understand the consequences of the winModem I had bought for my computer) that I ended up giving up and going to win2k. I also had a problem with all of the linux boot managers not allowing me to boot into windows when I wanted too. Anyway, I've gotten a lot more comfortable with *NIX based OS'es from school and I want to try again. What distro do you guys recommend for a linux noob? Is there any difference with hardware compatability between distros? I do have an Audigy and it looks like there is no support for it ATM, so that may be a problem. I've heard that Nvidia's driver for linux are reasonably good though, so my geforce 3 ought to be ok. The only other critical thing would be my network(linksys) as I need it fo rmy cable connection so I can dl patch to make everything work. Also, I read somewhere that BeOS was really good for messing around with A/V files and maybe I'd like to give that a try as well.

P.S. I also would like reccomendations for installation and setup as far as partitioning and formatting, so I don't screw it up this time.🙂
 
also, I am running an Adaptec DuoConnect card and they do not offer Linux drivers. Is there a generic IEE1394 and/or USB2.0 driver that would allow use of this card?
 
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Again depending on what you will be using the system for, as a desktop (with X) or as a server, etc. you will find different answers/viewpoints from different folks. The choice is between Linux and *BSD flavors as well. Many people recommend Mandrake as a decent GUI oriented Linux, or Debian, Suse and even Redhat. It is honestly a matter of what you prefer and feel comfortable with. Here you will find some helpful links to various flavors of Linux & *BSD.

Regarding Adaptec Duoconnect, I would be somewhat concerned since they have a tendancy to only support windows and mac, not sure if they would have a Linux/BSD driver for it. Good luck!!
 
I read up on all the distros and It looks like Mandrake or Red-Hat might be best. I managed to download all 3 CDs of Debian, but on reading about it, it looks it may be too advanced for me. Which of the distros plays the best with Windows XP? Mandrake 7 kept making it so that I couldn't get back into win2k, even if I gave them all their own partitions.
 
Mandrake is currently up to 8.1, so you might want to use that version. I am about to setup a dual boot on my laptop between XP and either Drake or Redhat 7.1, so when I do that will be able to give you more help.
 
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