03-11-2011, 04:07 AM
Linux is a fairly small operating system, no matter which flavor you choose. And geared toasted what Infinity was saying, 250 GB is NOT the "minimum" for an OS to run. Sure, you can't put 1827389 OSes on a 250 GB, but you can definitely fit two or three. I have a 250 GB HDD and I was booting Windows 7, Ubuntu, Leopard, and Mint all of it! And there were no lagging problems.
Just try not to download a ton of crap. You'll be fine.
Partition your HDD in Windows 7 via the partition manager...make it, the rest of your HDD if you want. Minimum around 50 GB since you can save your files directly to your bigger Windows partition through Linux.
As for the distro, I recommend using either Mint or Ubuntu. You can see lifehackers recent posts...they just covered the "Linux Night School".
Good luck with it and PM me if you run into any issues :]
Just try not to download a ton of crap. You'll be fine.
Partition your HDD in Windows 7 via the partition manager...make it, the rest of your HDD if you want. Minimum around 50 GB since you can save your files directly to your bigger Windows partition through Linux.
As for the distro, I recommend using either Mint or Ubuntu. You can see lifehackers recent posts...they just covered the "Linux Night School".
Good luck with it and PM me if you run into any issues :]