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Hey, I'm a potential new user of Linux. Got a Question.

Apr 03, 2008  By psypho
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And as a potential new user, I've been looking around and researching Linux for quite awhile - well actually for the last 2 days or so. I've found a listing of possible "distributors" through a website called linux.org.

To explain my needs, I am a player of World of Warcraft and an amateur artist. My computer is an AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ 2.01 GHz, 2.50 GB of RAM, ASUS K8 Motherboard, and I use Windows XP Corporate Edition (Cracked) in a Maxter 152 GB Hard Drive, with additional IBM Deskstar 19.1 GB Hard Drive, and I also have a WD 232 GB External Hard Drive. I have around 109 GB of free space on the Maxter that I use for my WinXP OS on.

What I need to know is could you tell me or recommend what to get for a Linux OS on my machine, and how would I partition my Maxter Hard Drive, and how much space would it literally take?

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Submitted by i'm new too (not verified) on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 12:55.

it's not that straight forward.
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Submitted by vicky (not verified) on Mon, 11/10/2008 - 19:02.

hi am am that new to linux and laptops that i dont even know if i am posting this is the right place but i am at the end of my teather with my acer aspire one net book got msn working and everything else is running fine i just cant download anything at i see a song i want or a video and click download and it will say format not recognised cant open or if it downloads then i just get a screen full of writing i dont know what to do ther than that i love my little net book think it is great

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