[CLUE-Tech] Total newbie here....it's not easy being green ;)

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Hi there,

My name is Ed and I'm just getting into Linux a bit.  I have 2 questions 
that I would appreciate any help with:

1)I read somewhere that Linux will work on older equipment, and I was hoping 
someone could tell me if my old machine would be adequate or not.  It's an 
old Gateway with a 1Gb hard drive, Pentium 100 with either 128 or 256 
memory.

2)My current machine is an HP, 100 gb hard drive, Athlon 1.4 ghz and 256k 
memory.  If I were to put Linux on here and keep windows, would I have to 
partition my hard drive and all that, or would Mandrake/Red Hat help me out 
with that upon installation?

As I said, any help/insights would be greatly appreciated.

thanks for your time,
ed






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