bloospoon

hey.. i have just about finished buying the parts for a pc i am making for college.. not only am i new to the hardware side of things i am also new to anything other than windows :s

i have been told on countless occasions that windows is **** and that linux is the only way.. SO.......

1) is this true?

2) what version of linux is for me (newbie who likes internet) ?

3) finaly here is my hardware spec. baring it in mind whats the best way to run both a version of windows and linux ??? is worth buying a second HD?

gigabyte k8nsnxp
amd 64 bit 2000+
sata 200 gb hd
consiar 1gig (2*512)
radeon 9800 256mg

thankyou

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