My plan is to use as many open source tools as possible to complete this project, so I am planning to dual boot my computer and install a Linux distribution. This will be my first dual boot from one hard drive (as I have used BIOS to select between operating systems from two hard drives before). I will document my dual booting progress in a later posting.
I am fairly certain that I will install Ubuntu 9.04 as my Linux distribution. I have done some Internet reading about Linux distros and Ubuntu seems to be an accessible distribution for beginners. Fedora and Debian (Ubuntu is based on Debian) were also thought about. While Debian seemed to provide a solid user base and high security, it mostly appealed to advanced users, which I took to mean step learning curve. On the other side of the coin, Fedora 11 looked visually appealing: sleek and sophisticated with a cool color palate. I have used an older version of fedora on an HP a few years ago without any prblems. However, a friend of mine suggested that I stick with Ubuntu because he had a few problems while updating his system that 'broke' packages. I will probably try Fedora again at a later date, but for now, when I get things to work, I want them to continue to work.
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