Hi, thanks for all the inputs, suggestions and input. I really appriate that

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I've choosen Mandrake 10.0 as a start and I'm at the moment downloading it and later burning it on CDs. Surely I'll try the other Versions of linux later but I think I should take one step at the time.
Here is my Idea to put up my harddisc with dual boot: C: WinXP Pro (20gb) D: Mandrake 10.0 Linux (30gb) E: Games/notes/stuff (30gb) maybe later another OS on the E: Drive like Linspire?
Isn't Slackware for the more advanced and pro linux user? I'm totally newbie when it comes to programming (execpt CMD64 basic language

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How does a linux partition works vs. NTFS?
best regards
Thilock