[mairving]

Wow, first posted at 12:26, decided that it wasn't for you at 1:41. Seems like it would take a bit longer than an hour to evaluate.

A little advice for anyone else wanting to try Linux.
1.) Try to figure out what you want first. Do you just want to tell your friends that you know Linux? Have you heard that Linux is the greatest thing around and have to have it? Do you want to try to run a web server, email server, etc?
2.) Your first foray would probably be best with one of the major distros like Fedora or Mandrake. Much better driver support generally and more people that can help you.
3.) An old hard drive in a new computer or an older computer is the best way to install. This way you don't have to worry about changing your partition.
4.) Learn the commands at the command line. The GUI looks pretty and all but sometimes it really gets in the way of doing things correctly.
5.) Don't expect that it is going to replace your Windows desktop right away. It may never actually and it is a fallacy to think that things will work as well as Windows and that your apps will work. Driver support is pretty good on most things with the more popular distros. Some newer Video cards aren't very well supported.
6.) Linux is only an operating system. It is not a religion, a way of life or something that will tremendously improve your quality of life. Neither is Windows by the way.