question on Linux

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I have been dual booting ME on my system. I boot it about once a quarter. 
John Abreau wrote:
> "Kalyan Vaidyanathan" <kalyan_v at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >   I found your name in the Boston Linux User group.  I am trying to find 
> > somebody to talk to regarding setting up Linux on my home computer.
> >   I would like to setup a dual boot with linux and windows Millenium 
> > edition.  Do they peacefully co-exist on a single harddrive?
> >   Secondly, which version of Linux would you recommend - Redhat, Mandrake, 
> > Suse etc.  what are the things I should look out for?
> > 
> > if you are not the right person for this info, would you be able to give me
>  
> > a pointer to a valid discussion group to whom I can email this question?
> 
> I know earlier versions of Windows work fine in dual-boot systems; I assume
> Windows Me will work fine as well. 
> 
> All the Linux distributions you mention are good choices; while each is 
> put
> together by different groups, the underlying components are all the same, 
> and
> applications generally run on any of them. My personal preference is 
> Redhat.
> 
> We hold Installfests periodically; we meet at Mount Ida College in Newton 
> all day on a Saturday, where people bring in their PCs and volunteers help 
> them install Linux. Our next Installfest hasn't been scheduled yet, though.
> 
> Our discussion group is "discuss at blu.org"; to join it, send an email message
> to "discuss-request at blu.org" with a blank subject line, and the command
> 
>     subscribe discuss
> 
> in the message body.
> 
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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