I'm quite new to Linux and other OS that Windows. I'm looking to learn Linux for now. I've been learning from a few books and ebooks till now but I plan to install Linux on one of my box.

I'm running Windows XP and I want to run RedHad Linux 9 on it as well, is that possible at all?

Also,

- Where would I find simple and easy to understand documentation for learning Linux
- Where Would I find info for alternatives for softwares used in Linux. (alternatives for photoshop, corel etc.. in Linux)
- What are the things that I should consider while using Redhat and Windows on the same box?


Any help greatly appreciated :)

You won't be able to run Linux on Windows in the normal way. (There are applications like sigwin that let you do that).

You need to set up a dual-boot system, which is a lot to explain in this forum.

You mean either I use a software or setup a Dual Boot System or both?

- Can you post links to those software sites?

- Can you post any tutorial or a good resource to know more about setting up Dual- boot system?

Thanks

http://www.colinux.org/

Or you could use vmware instead of a dual boot machine.

Vmware Download page has a couple of things and I'm not sure whats the exact version that I want.

Whats the exact name and version that i'd need to run RedHat on Windows XP ?

Thanks

did you even look at colinux? its like a free version of vmware

Get yourself Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. While Linux is "unsupported," the company Microsoft bought the code from supported Linux (and they haven't changed it).

GIMP is a (somewhat) viable alternative for Photoshop. Some of the algorithms could use some work though.

Originally posted by openXS
Vmware Download page has a couple of things and I'm not sure whats the exact version that I want.

Whats the exact name and version that i'd need to run RedHat on Windows XP ?

Thanks

wmware workstation 4.x for windows is what you'll need. Easy to configure and you can make as many virtual machines as you desire.

A very useful tool to get yourself familiarized with the Linux shell is cygwin. I can't post the URL (not 5 posts yet, sadly), but it should be quite obvious ;)

Cygwin can emulate the Linux environment under windows, once you're proficient with basic shell commands (mv, cp, rmdir and the like) you can start playing around with Linux OS'es.

Hmm..ColLinux and others are different(modified) from Redhat Linux 9.0 I guess. I want to use KDE, Gnome as well and I'm not sure if they'd have KDE and gnome (Sorry for being stupid, but I really dont know).

So it VMware the best or Virtual PC ?

Originally posted by openXS
Hmm..ColLinux and others are different(modified) from Redhat Linux 9.0 I guess. I want to use KDE, Gnome as well and I'm not sure if they'd have KDE and gnome (Sorry for being stupid, but I really dont know).

So it VMware the best or Virtual PC ?

Virtual PC is good, but it's not SUPPOSED to support Linux. When MS figures it out and upgrades it...it probably won't.

Vmware is good, and can go either way. I run Linux on everything and use the linux version of workstation to have multiple Windows environments as well as other linux environments.

You need to install Linux into a new partition ie if you have windows installed into C: You can't install your linux into C:.

Once you have created a new partition then insert your CD and reboot your pc, install into the new partition then configure your settings and don't forget to install the boot loader (ie GRUB/LILO)

Once you have finished installing then reboot your server and your boot loader will ask you whether you want to start DOS (windows) or RH9

Hope this helps :)