Hey all, im 16 and for most of my life had onlt had a computer that my parents had (i.e a shared computer) now i got a free laptop runnnig windows XP and have deicded after about 6 months of using it now that i will give Linux a Shot. I have never dabled in Linux or any other OS, i have a pretty good knowlege of computers and most things tech (fingers crossed for any job a G4 when older) but i wanted to know what should i do to get linux up and running, im gonna need to dual boot becouse i have alot of MS only applications im gonna need to run (mostly games) so how do i do this???