[Sevoma]

Also- you may want to be familiar with some linux applications before moving over. Check out The Open CD. It is a cd with windows versions of linux software.

http://www.theopencd.org/

I highly recommend that you check it out so it is one less thing to adjust to.

[jamie7823]

will do thank you

[jamie7823]

I downloaded that knoppix and thats freakin bad. Boot an os from cd. I've heard it before but never done it. The only problem i had was I DON'T SPEAK GERMAN. lol. The one i got was all in german. Exactly wich download is not german because that junk took for ever to down load.

[Sevoma]

Download one that has EN in it -not DE. I don't think knoppix is a good way to try linux because it is different than many distros. I would try to get a live cd of a distro you may use.

I recommend ubuntu. It has a live cd too.
www.ubuntulinux.org

[T1junkie]

A few good ways to learn linux:

some people offer free shell services allowing you to connect to their computer to learn linux

http://www.freebelt.com/freeshells.html
I haven't checked any of the links this is an example
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ls&btnG=Search

you can download an SSH (Secure Shell) client for windows to connect http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

another good way is to use VMware http://www.vmware.com/

VMware Workstation is a bit pricy but they now offer a free VMware Player,
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

its limited in the aspect you can only use VMware Images that have already been made, to make your own you would have to purchase the full workstation version.

the major downfall for VMware is the overhead of running an OS on top of an OS