[TriLUG] A true newbie

[Lisa C. Boyd]

I figured I'd jump in here. I've monitored this list for a few days, and I 
have to say most of the stuff that ya'll have been talking about is over my 
head. However, I love a challenge and I'm extremely interested in Installfest.

My newbie questions: I have a nice computer (PIII/750) that is running 
Win2k. From what I've read so far, there's a way to have both running on 
the same machine. Can I keep my current installation and load Linux under 
it's own partition or do I need to wipe out everything and start fresh? How 
much disk space (optimally) does Linux use? I guess I need to share that I 
would like to also eventually install Apache/PHP/MySQL under Linux for web 
development if that makes a difference. I also have no clue what 
installation version would be best for me to use.

Any web sites you could point me to would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Lisa Boyd